aResearch Group on Autonomic Nervous System, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and bDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
Note: The work presented in this article has been presented in the thesis of H. G. (Mécanismes antihypertenseurs et vasodilatateurs des antioxydants chez le rat spontanément hypertendu: interaction avec le système nerveux sympathique et le système du monoxyde d'azote (2001)). It has also been presented in part at the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Société québécoise d'hypertension artérielle, Montréal (abstract: Méd Sci 2001; 17 (suppl 1):18), and at the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, San Francisco, California (abstract: Am J Hyp 2001; 14:135A).
Sponsorship: This work was supported by grants from the CIHR to J.deC. H.G. and C.C. are the holders of a studentship from the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation (CHSF). M.LeJ. is the holder of a fellowship from the CRM/ASIM. J.deC. is the career investigator of the J.C. Edward foundation.
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Received 11 February 2002 Revised 19 August 2002 Accepted 30 September 2002
