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Rats were anesthetized for <jats:italic>i.v<\/jats:italic>. administration of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran (capillary volume\/density measurements) or 4% paraformaldehyde perfusion (basilar, middle, and posterior arteries' morphometry) followed by brain harvesting and processing. Other groups of conscious rats had carotid blood flow (CBF, ultrasound flowmeter) acquired simultaneously with hemodynamic recordings at rest and exercise. SHR-S exhibited elevated pressure and heart rate, reduced CBF, increased wall\/lumen ratio of arteries, but no capillary rarefaction within the PVN and NTS. T improved performance gain and caused resting bradycardia in both groups; reduction of pressure and sympathetic vasomotor activity and normalization of the wall\/lumen ratio were only observed in SHR-T. T groups responded with marked PVN and NTS capillary angiogenesis and augmented CBF during exercise; to avoid overperfusion at rest, reduced basal CBF was observed only in WKY-T. 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