aDepartment of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University College of Public Health

bDepartment of Biomedical Science, East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

Correspondence to Matthew R. Zahner, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Sciences Department, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, 126A Stanton-Gerber Hall, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. Tel: +1 423 439 4490; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: CSAR, cardiogenic sympathetic afferent reflex; GABA, gamma amino butyric acid; PVN, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; RSNA, renal sympathetic nerve activity; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rat; WKY, Wistar Kyoto

Received 17 May, 2023

Revised 21 July, 2023

Accepted 28 July, 2023

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