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      Changes in Vascular Reactivity in Experimental Diabetic Rats: Comparison with Hypothyroid Rats

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          The responsiveness to vasoactive agents in the perfused mesenteric vascular bed of streptozocin-induced diabetic rats was examined and compared with that of propylthiouracil-induced hypothyroid rats. Diabetic rats at 4 and 8 weeks after the induction of diabetes showed a significant decrease in isoproterenol-induced vasodilatation. In addition, the contractile responses to norepinephrine and 5-hydroxytryptamine and the vasodilative response to acetylcholine were significantly decreased in 12-week-diabetic rats. The contractile response to nerve stimulation was markedly decreased at 8 and 12 weeks. On the other hand, hypothyroid rats showed a decreased response to isoproterenol, but they did not show any change in the response to nerve stimulation. A decrease in plasma thyroid hormone levels in diabetic rats at any time period was similar in extent to that in hypothyroid rats. The data indicate that the progressive changes in vascular reactivity in diabetic rats may be divided into two stages. In the early stage, the altered reactivity of vasculature is likely to be mediated by hypothyroidism, whereas in the later stage, it is induced by other factors, e.g. hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. Adrenergic neuropathy is not caused by hypothyroidism.

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          Journal ID (publisher-id): JVR
          Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Vasc Res
          Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1018-1172
          Title: Journal of Vascular Research
          Publisher: S. Karger AG
          ISSN (Print): 1018-1172
          ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0135
          Publication date Subscription-year: 1988
          Publication date (Print): 1988
          Publication date (Electronic): 23 September 2008
          Volume: 25
          Issue: 5
          Pages: 250-260
          Affiliations
          Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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          Publisher ID: 158737 Other ID: Blood Vessels 1988;25:250–260
          DOI: 10.1159/000158737
          SO-VID: 2963d0af-5412-4c02-822a-9aa7ad14c17a
          Copyright © © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel
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          Subject: Research Paper

          ScienceOpen disciplines: General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Keywords: Neuropathy,Diabetic rat,Vascular reactivity,Hypothyroidism
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          ScienceOpen disciplines: General medicine, Neurology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal medicine, Nephrology
          Keywords: Neuropathy, Diabetic rat, Vascular reactivity, Hypothyroidism

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