Rami Salim Najjar

This study shows that female spontaneously hypertensive rats develop diet-dependent coronary microvascular dysfunction, which can serve as a model for hypertension-related CMD.

This study shows a plant-based diet prevents and reverses coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertensive rats without reducing blood pressure, through improved endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell function.

The paper investigates changes in the PVN-to-CA2 oxytocin pathway in heart failure rats, finding altered oxytocinergic innervation and reduced OTR-expressing astrocytes.