Contractile Responses of Vasa Deferentia from Rats with Genetic and Experimental Hypertension

Abstract

The changes in hypertension of the characteristics of the contractile responses of the prostatic portion of the vasa deferentia to norepinephrine (NE), K+, Ca2+ and transmural field stimulation were investigated. Responses of strips from Wistar-Kyoto strain normotensive rats (WKY) were compared to those of strips from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Also strips from regular normotensive Wistar rats (NWR) which failed to develop …