Andrey C da Costa Goncalves et al.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 53(2), 387-392 (2008-11-26)
Leptin receptor-deficient db/db mice develop human type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity with disrupted circadian blood pressure (BP) rhythm. Whether leptin is the sole mechanism mediating autonomic imbalance and hypertension is unclear. To explore this notion further, we measured