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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Mar 8;289(2):E225–E231. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00614.2004

Table 3.

Hepatic blood flows

Group and Blood Vessel Basal Period Experimental Period
P1 P2 P3 P4
Hepatic artery
 SAL 6.1±0.6 7.7±0.6 8.6±0.8 9.2±1.1 9.7±1.4
 HTP 5.7±0.9 6.0±1.2 7.3±2.1 7.8±2.0 7.9±1.9
Portal vein
 SAL 24.2±2.1 20.3±2.1 21.0±2.1 20.6±2.2 20.4±2.1
 HTP 26.6±2.4 21.2±1.2 22.9±1.6 21.9±1.5 21.2±1.3

Values are means ± SE. (Units are ml·kg−1·min−1). SAL dogs (n = 7) received intraportal saline infusion during P1–P4; HTP dogs (n = 6) received saline during P1 and intraportal 5-HTP at 10, 20, and 40 μg·kg−1·min−1, respectively, during P2–P4. There were no significant differences between groups.