Fig. 5.

Effect of short-term sex hormone exposure on NE-elicited ERK and FAK phosphorylation. One minute after exposure to sex hormones, NRVMs were stimulated with NE or diluent for 2 min (protocol 3). A: schematic illustration of protocol 3. B: typical Western blots. C and D: mean (±SE) phosphorylated total ERK (C) or FAK (D) normalized to GADPH and expressed as a percentage of control from 3 separate experiments. *P < 0.05, significantly different from control. #P < 0.05, significantly different from NE alone.