The conducted responses elicited by low stimulus frequency was significantly blunted by the presence of pannexin inhibitor mefloquine. The change in diameter of the 4A arteriole in response to capillary stimulation with low stimulus frequency (4 Hz [15CPM]) in the absence () and presence () of (a) MEF (b) SUR and (c) HALO. MEF treatment (F (1, 12) = 9.4; p
treatment = 0.0097, p
time = 0.016, p
interaction < 0.0001) significantly impacted the vasodilation induced at 4 Hz and * indicates a significant difference between the contraction response in the absence and presence of the blocker. Both SUR treatment (F (1, 24) = 0.36; p
treatment = 0.56, p
time < 0.0001, p
interaction = 0.016) and HALO treatment did not significantly inhibit the vasodilation induced by 4 Hz muscle contraction (F (1, 16) = 0.27; p
treatment = 0.61, p
time < 0.0001, p
interaction = 0.53). *indicates a significant difference between the contraction response in the absence and presence of the blocker. Data are shown as mean ± SD and analyzed by a two‐way repeated measures ANOVA with Fisher's LSD post hoc test where applicable. F statistics are reported with degrees of freedom for the numerator and the denominator (F [DFn, DFd]).