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. 2011 Jul 25;589(Pt 18):4527–4543. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.209775

Table 3.

Experimentally-measured asymmetric flow distributions (γ) at arteriole bifurcations

Arteriole bifurcation diameters (μm) LZR OZR OZR+P OZR+T OZR+S OZR+T/P OZR+S/P OZR+T/S
100 to 80 0.519 ± 0.029 0.599 ± 0.037 0.514 ± 0.025 0.584 ± 0.039 0.584 ± 0.021 0.508 ± 0.017 0.508 ± 0.024 0.584 ± 0.030
80 to 60 0.516 ± 0.022 0.598 ± 0.035 0.528 ± 0.031 0.572 ± 0.041 0.567 ± 0.028 0.511 ± 0.022 0.516 ± 0.018 0.570 ± 0.034
60 to 40 0.526 ± 0.025 0.595 ± 0.033 0.558 ± 0.036 0.547 ± 0.036 0.537 ± 0.020 0.510 ± 0.025 0.516 ± 0.022 0.542 ± 0.028
40 to 20 0.504 ± 0.027 0.595 ± 0.036 0.586 ± 0.029 0.515 ± 0.022 0.519 ± 0.023 0.510 ± 0.021 0.511 ± 0.023 0.517 ± 0.023

Values are means ± SD; LZR, lean Zucker rat; OZR, obese Zucker rat; OZR+P, OZR treated by phentolamine; OZR+T, OZR treated by Tempol; OZR+S, OZR treated by SQ-29548; OZR+T/P, OZR treated by Tempol and phentolamine; OZR+S/P, OZR treated by SQ-29548 and phentolamine; OZR+T/S, OZR treated by Tempol and SQ-29548.