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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2012 Apr 12;181(3):277–285. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.04.003

Table 3.

Effect of vagal nerve treatments, perineural capsaicin treatment (PCT) and vagotomy on the apneic period of the Hering-Breuer Inflation Reflex (HBR) and the change in heart rate (HR) and arterial blood pressure (ABP) of the Pulmonary Chemoreflex (PCR) in Brown Norway Rats after 8 hours of 1 ppm ozone inhalation.

Control PCT Vagotomy
HBR Apnea (sec) PCR-dHR (beats/min) PCR-dABP (mmHg) HBR Apnea (sec) PCR-dHR (beats/min) PCR-dABP (mmHg) HBR Apnea (sec) PCR-dHR (beats/min) PCR-dABP (mmHg)
SH/Air 56.83 ± 5.49 −63.80 ± 5.43 −54.33 ± 5.68 52.62 ± 6.46 −10.29 ± 2.30 8.67 ± 3.09 0.83 ± 0.02 −11.64 ± 1.33 −3.88 ± 1.69
SH/O3 50.95 ± 3.97 −71.91 ± 1.72 −63.55 ± 2.45 54.66 ± 2.27 −6.74 ± 2.60 0.81 ± 1.34 0.84 ± 0.02 −6.65 ± 2.63 3.07 ± 1.79
SC/Air 63.07 ± 5.37 −66.19 3.99 −53.00 ± 6.74 59.13 ± 2.54 −10.56 ± 4.61 −2.88 ± 4.39 0.77 ± 0.02 −8.35 ± 1.83 1.38 ± 2.24
SC/O3 55.15 ± 4.42 −71.33 ± 2.04 −67.00 ± 2.63 59.59 ± 3.15 −0.71 ± 7.26 5.04 ± 2.05 0.82 ± 0.03 −6.30 ± 3.28 1.44 ± 2.65

Values are means ± standard error. Groups are: sham treated exposed to filtered air (SH/Air); sham treated exposed to ozone (SH/O3); sensitized and challenged with nDer f 1exposed to filtered air (SC/Air); and sensitized and challenged with nDer f 1exposed to ozone (SC/O3).