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. 2003 Nov 3;140(7):1187–1192. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705547

Table 3.

Sensitivity (pD2) of cerebral arteries isolated from sham-operated (Sham), ovariectomized (OVX), and tamoxifen-treated OVX (OVX+TAM) rats to phenylephrine (in the presence of L-NNA), endothelin-1, and SNP

Groups Phenylephrine Endothelin-1 SNP
Sham 6.00±0.26 8.30±0.09 6.23±0.18
OVX 6.61±0.15* 8.60±0.08* 6.72±0.16*
OVX+TAM 6.67±0.16* 8.40±0.06 6.66±0.13*

Results are expressed as mean±s.e. All PSS contained indomethacin (10 μmol l−1).

*

P<0.05 versus Sham (Student's t test).