Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Ludvigsen, Stian"
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Cardiac adaptation to hypertension in adult female Dahl salt-sensitive rats is dependent on ovarian function, but loss of ovarian function does not predict early maladaptation
Ludvigsen, Stian; Mancusi, Costantino; Kildal, Simon; de Simone, Giovanni; Gerdts, Eva; Ytrehus, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-08)Aim of study was to examine experimentally the adult female hypertensive heart in order to determine the role of ovary function in the response of the heart to salt‐dependent hypertension. Dahl salt‐sensitive rats, age 12 ... -
Heart Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Gene Expression Associated With Male Sex and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension in the Dahl Rat
Ytrehus, Kirsti; Gerdts, Eva; Mancusi, Costatino; de Simone, Giovanni; Ludvigsen, Stian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE 2) in the heart including its sex dependency in the hypertensive heart, has not been much studied compared to ACE. In the present study, we used the Dahl salt-sensitive rat exposed to ...