Kouchich F J, Quock R M, Tseng L F
Clin Exp Hypertens A. 1984;6(3):699-708. doi: 10.3109/10641968409044031.
We determined by radioimmunoassay concentration of dynorphin-(1-13)-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system and pituitary gland of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYs). Compared to WKYs, SHRs had significantly lower levels of dynorphin-(1-13)-like immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. However, such immunoreactivity in the cerebral cortex, caudate nucleus, diencephalon, brainstem and spinal cord of SHRs and WKYs were similar.