aCSF	artificial cerebrospinal fluid
DBP	diastolic blood pressure
DHE	Dihydroethidium
EPI	epinephrine
GAD67	67-kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase
HR	heart rate
IL-1β	interleukin 1β
IL-6	interleukin 6
MAP	mean arterial pressure
NE	plasma norepinephrine
NF-κB	nuclear factor κB
p-AKT	Phosphorylated protein kinase-B
p-PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PVN	the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SBP	systolic blood pressure
SHR	spontaneously hypertensive rat
SOD1	superoxide dismutase (SOD1)
TH	tyrosine hydroxylase
WKY	Wistar Kyoto