Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 6 , Pages 393-399 , November 2007

Exercise training prevents development of cardiac contractile dysfunction in hypertensive TG(mREN2)27 rats

  • R. Tyler Morris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • Deborah M. Fine, DVM, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • Simon J. Lees, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • Frank W. Booth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • C. Daniel Link

      Affiliations

    • Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • Carlos M. Ferrario, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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  • Craig S. Stump, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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  • James R. Sowers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: James R. Sowers, MD, D109 Diabetes Center, UHC, One Hospital Drive, Columbia Missouri 65212. Tel: 573-882-7006; fax: 573-884-5530.

Received 23 June 2007 ,Accepted 1 September 2007.

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 This article was supported by Veterans Affairs (VA) ARCD award (C.S.S.), NIH 5RO1-HL073101-02, and VA Merit 0018 (J.R.S.), and anonymous gift (F.W.B.).

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00193-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.09.001

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 6 , Pages 393-399 , November 2007

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