In Dahl salt-sensitive rats (Dahl SS), glomerular capillary pressure (PGC) increases in response to high salt intake and this is accompanied by significant glomerular injury compared to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with similar blood pressure. PGC is controlled mainly by afferent arteriolar (Af-Art) resistance, which is regulated by the vasoconstrictor tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and the vasodilator connecting tubule glomerular feedback (CTGF). We hypothesized that Dahl SS have a decreased TGF response and enhanced TGF resetting compared to SHR, and that these differences are due in part to an increase in CTGF. In vivo, using micropuncture we measured stop-flow pressure (PSF, a surrogate of PGC). TGF was calculated as the maximal decrease in PSF caused by increasing nephron perfusion, TGF resetting as the attenuation in TGF induced by high salt diet, and CTGF as the difference in TGF response before and during CTGF inhibition with benzamil. Compared to SHR, Dahl SS had 1) lower TGF responses in normal (6.6±0.1 vs. 11.0±0.2 mm Hg; P<0.001) and high-salt diets (3.3±0.1 vs. 10.1±0.3 mmHg; P<0.001), 2) greater TGF resetting (3.3±0.1 vs. 1.0±0.3 mmHg; P<0.001), and 3) greater CTGF (3.4±0.4 vs. 1.2±0.1 mmHg; P<0.001). We conclude that Dahl SS have lower TGF and greater CTGF than SHR, and that CTGF antagonizes TGF. Furthermore, CTGF is enhanced by a high-salt diet and contributes significantly to TGF resetting. Our findings may explain in part the increase in vasodilatation, PGC, and glomerular damage in salt-sensitive hypertension during high salt intake.