since sympathetic nerves surrounding the cerebral vasculature play an important role in protecting the brain from stroke during hypertension , i studied whether changes in sympathetic nerve density accounted for the differing incidences of stroke in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats fed high- and low-k+ diets and in stroke-resistant and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats fed a low-k+ diet .
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brain
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stroke