Changes in autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in the Wistar audiogenic rat (WAR) strain

► Cardiovascular and autonomic control was studied in the Wistar audiogenic rat strain. ► Young naive Wistar audiogenic rats are hypertensive and tachycardic as compared with Wistar control rats. ► Wistar audiogenic rats have an autonomic imbalance with sympathetic predominance. ► Despite the autonomic imbalance, baroreflex sensitivity is preserved in Wistar audiogenic rats.