Ester Paran, M.D. Ofra Anson Ph.D
Cognitive function and anti hypertensive treatment in the elderly: a six year follow-up study
Hypertension Unit , Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Sarah Israel1*, Ariel Israel2, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov3, Michael Bursztyn1
Is the morning blood pressure surge a mirror image of the nocturnal dip?
1. Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount-Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. 2. Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel. 3. Nephrology and Hypertension Service, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Naschitz JE, Barinov Geva E, Zlotver E, Biton S, Marcovici E.
Surrogates for Ankle-brachial Index Measurement: Oscillometry or Duo-control?
The Flieman Hospital and Rappaport Family Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

Marianna Yaron, Etty Osher, Joseph B. Rosenfeld and Naftali Stern
Arterial properties in treated hypertensive subjects with low on-treatment diastolic pressure
Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Marina Shargorodsky 1,5,6,7, Mona Boaz 2,5,6, Yffat Goldberg 3,5,6,7, Zipora Matas 4,5,6, Dov Gavish 1,5,6,7 , Asura Fux 4,5,6, Ninel Wolfson 3,5,6,7
Adiponectin and vascular properties in obese patients. Is it a novel biomarker of early atherosclerosis?
Department of Endocrinology 1, Epidemiology and Statistic 2, Medicine 3, Biochemistry 4, Wolfson Medical Center5, the Brunner Institute for Cardiovascular Research6, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Talya Wolak MD1, Ruslan Sergienko3, Arnon Wiznitzer MD2, Lior Ben Shlush2, Eyal Sheiner, MD, PhD2 and Esther Paran1
Potassium level during the first half of pregnancy may predict the risk for the development of gestational diabetes mellitus and severe preeclampsia
From the Hypertension unit1, Obstetrics and Gynecology2, Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation3, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel. 1-3

K. Bernheim, E.Golan, E. Podjarny, S Benchetrit
Long term cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with primary aldosteronism: a comparison between surgical and medical treatment
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel- Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

D. Somjen*, *I. Yoles, E. Knoll, O. Sharon and N. Stern.
Salvage of lost of estrogenic beneficial vascular effects in hyperglycemia by DT56a (Femarelle) or daidzein.
1Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv; and * Department of Gynecology, Tel-Hashomer Medical Center and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 64239, ISRAEL.

Shai Efrati MD1,2, Sylvia Berman MSc1,2, Yariv Siman Tov DVM,1 Zhan Averbukh MD PhD2 and Joshua Weissgarten MD2.
Hyperglycemia alters renal cell responsiveness to pressure in a model of malignant hypertension.
Research & Development Department1 and Nephrology Division2, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Elena Sofer 1, Elena Omelchenko 1, Mona Boaz 2,4, Zipora Matas 3,4, Margarita Mashavi 1,6, Marina Shargorodsky MD5,6
Effect of treatment with insulin sensitizer on arterial properties, metabolic parameters and liver function in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Department of Medicine, Wolfson Medical Center 1; Epidemiology and Research Unit, Wolfson Medical Center 2; Biochemistry, Wolfson Medical Center 3 ; the Brunner Institute for Cardiovascular Research 4; Endocrinology, Wolfson Medical Center5 and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University6, Tel Aviv, Israel.

T. Zitman-Gal1, J. Green1, M. Pasmanik-Chor3, V. Oron-Karni3, J. Bernheim1,2
Cultured endothelial cells response to extracellular diabetic–like environment: gene expression analysis
1. Renal Physiology Laboratory, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, 44281 Israel 2. Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 3. Bioinformatics Unit, The G. S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Firas Younis, MSc1, David Mirelman, PhD2, Aharon Rabinkov, MD, PhD2, Talma Rosenthal, MD1.
S-Allyl-mercapto-captopril, A Novel Compound, in the Treatment of the Cohen-Rosenthal Diabetic Hypertension Rats
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hypertension Research Unit, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and 2Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel ;

Marina Shargorodsky 1,5,6,7, Elena Sofer 2,5, Mona Boaz 3,5,6, Zipora Matas PhD 4,5,6, Asura Fux PhD 4,5,6, Reuven Zimlichman 2,5,6,7
Relation of adiponectin to glucose tolerance status, adiposity and cardiovascular risk factor load.
Department of Endocrinology 1, Medicine2 ,Epidemiology and Statistic 3, Biochemistry 4, Wolfson Medical Center5, the Brunner Institute for Cardiovascular Research6, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Karen Tordjman, Michal Vechoropoulos, Jessica Sack, Naftali Stern
Role of PPARa in the Contribution of the Brain Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) to Blood Pressure
The Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, Tel Aviv Sourasky, Medical Center, Tel Aviv

Aviva Gamliel-Lazarovich and Shlomo Keidar
Low blood pressure and low aldosterone biosynthesis in Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) knockout mice.
Lipid Research Laboratory, The Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion and Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.