Sex-specific dichotomy of chronic mild stress effects on blood pressure and longitudinal measurements of renal sympathetic nerve activity: are females really protected?
Dragana Komnenov, Yaaqub Uthman, Noah Ramirez, Christopher Todd Banek
This study investigates the effects of chronic mild stress on blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity in male and female rats, showing that renal denervation reduces BP in males but not females, and that females exhibit increased renal sympathetic nerve activity despite normal BP.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology