NOS1 and hypertensive disorder: Using spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), we investigated the changes in nNOS, inflammatory, microglial and astrocytic markers in the frontal cortex and hippocampus at three different ages: onset of hypertension stage (i.e., 6 weeks after birth of SHR), established hypertension stage (i.e., 12 weeks after birth of SHR) and senescent stage (i.e., 12 months after birth of SHR), and compared with its age-matched normotensive control, Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats.