• Abnormal neonatal sodium handling in skin precedes hypertension in the SAME rat 

      Mullins, Linda; Ivy, Jessica; Ward, Mairi; Tenstad, Olav; Wiig, Helge; Kitada, Kento; Manning, Jon; Rakova, Natalia; Müller, Dominik; Mullins, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      We discovered high Na+ and water content in the skin of newborn Sprague–Dawley rats, which reduced ~ 2.5-fold by 7 days of age, indicating rapid changes in extracellular volume (ECV). Equivalent changes in ECV post birth ...