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. 2008 Jul;47(4):25–34.

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

Effect of dim light (10 lx) or long nights (8:16-h light:dark) on heart rate responses (area under response curve; AURC) of male and female Sprague–Dawley (SD) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) after exposure to a paper towel coated with dried rat blood that was placed on the cage lid for 15 min (panel A) or 1 h of confinement in a clear acrylic rat restrainer placed in the home cage (panel B). *, Significantly (P < 0.05) different from value for 12:12-h light:dark, 200 lx; #, SHR significantly (P < 0.05) different from SD; +, females significantly (P < 0.05) different from males. Each group contained 6 rats.