ACh	Acetylcholine
AMPK	AMP-activate protein kinase
BP	Blood pressure
DBP	Diastolic blood pressure
eNOS	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ERK	Extracellular regulated protein kinase
MAP	Mean arterial pressure
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
NE	Norepinephrine
NO	Nitric oxide
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PDGF–BB	Platelet derived growth factor-BB
PKB	Protein kinase B
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SBP	Systolic pressure
SHR	Spontaneously hypertensive rat
VSMC	Vascular smooth muscle cell
WKY	Wistar-Kyoto rat