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. Overall design: 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.