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Cardiac hypertrophy accelerated by left cervical sympathectomy

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS)
Volume 37, Number 7 / July, 1981

Summary Cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats was accelerated by denervation of the left cervical sympathetic ganglia. Supersensitivity due to denervation may also exist in cardiac muscles.
This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of Education for 1980.