. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 24.

Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2008 Feb;15(2):151–161. doi: 10.1080/10739680701508497

Table 1.

Animal Characteristics	Weanlings	Juveniles
N	42	39
Age (days)	25 ± 1	46 ± 1 ^*
Body Weight (g)	58 ± 1	170 ± 3 ^*
MAP (mmHg)	80 ± 2	96 ± 2 ^*
Vessel Characteristics	Weanlings	Juveniles
n	42	39
Resting Diameter (μm)	39 ± 1	56 ± 2 ^*
Passive Diameter (μm)	58 ± 2	83 ± 2 ^*
Resting Vascular Tone (%)	32 ± 2	32 ± 2

General characteristics of all rats and vessels used for functional studies. MAP = mean arterial pressure. Values are given as means ± SE. N = number of animals; n = number of vessels.

p<0.05 vs. weanling group.