Table 1.

Baseline values of mean arterial pressure and heart rate

Group	Mean Arterial Pressure, mmHg	Heart Rate, beats/min
Spontaneously hypertensive rats
Saline + aCSF	155 ± 11	361 ± 12
Saline + ethanol	158 ± 9	355 ± 15
Saline + acetaldehyde	164 ± 5	365 ± 18
ATZ + aCSF	154 ± 9	333 ± 20
ATZ + ethanol	159 ± 5	388 ± 14
ATZ + acetaldehyde	157 ± 9	348 ± 21
Cyanamide	149 ± 4	352 ± 10
Cyanamide + ethanol	144 ± 4	368 ± 9
Cyanamide + acetaldehyde	151 ± 7	378 ± 11
Wistar-Kyoto rats
Saline + aCSF	119 ± 4	327 ± 14
Saline + ethanol	114 ± 6	371 ± 9
Saline + acetaldehyde	129 ± 3	339 ± 16
Cyanamide	121 ± 5	353 ± 8
Cyanamide + ethanol	119 ± 3	341 ± 16

Values are means ± SE.

aCSF, artificial cerebrospinal fluid; ATZ, 3-aminotriazole.