The effect of Repeated Social defeat stress (RSD) on transcriptomic profiles of rat heart

This study investigated risk factors that may contribute to stress-related cardiac disease susceptibility and progression in a rodent model. The experiment was designed to evaluate the transcriptomic changes in in the heart of male adult rats after repeated episodes of social defeat stress. We performed comparison between the Heart left ventricle mRNA profiles of adult RSD (n=6) and control (CTR) (n=6) male rats - two experimental groups.