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. 2012 Jun 27;95(4):487–494. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvs212

Table 1.

Haemodynamic data

  Variable Pre-ischaemia End ischaemia Reperfusion (min)
30 60 120
DVMN silencing experiment
 DVMN neurones expressing eGFP
  Allatostatin + sham-RPc (n = 7) MAP 106 ± 7 101 ± 7 96 ± 6 92 ± 5 91 ± 4
HR  408 ± 8 411 ± 9 389 ± 10 393 ± 10 405 ± 9
  Allatostatin + RPc (n = 8) MAP 111 ± 11 108 ± 13 104 ± 8 101 ± 6 96 ± 7
HR 427 ± 8 429 ± 10 422 ± 8 427 ± 9 420 ± 10
 DVMN neurones expressing AlstR
  Allatostatin + sham-RPc (n = 7) MAP 115 ± 9 104 ± 10 99 ± 8 91 ± 7 82 ± 7
HR 401 ± 9 421 ± 13 397 ± 12 384 ± 12 387 ± 13
  Allatostatin + RPc (n = 8) MAP 117 ± 9 103 ± 7 102 ± 5 101 ± 5 97 ± 6
HR 413 ± 15 430 ± 9 405 ± 7 407 ± 7 409 ± 10
Optogenetic preconditioning experiment
 DsRed—DVMN blue light (n = 7) MAP 92 ± 9 82 ± 7 78 ± 3 77 ± 5 80 ± 5
HR 401 ± 12 403 ± 8 384 ± 5 380 ± 7 388 ± 8
 CHIEFtdTomato—DVMN blue light (n = 6) MAP 99 ± 6 79 ± 4 78 ± 4 80 ± 5 83 ± 4
HR 420 ± 6 415 ± 8 402 ± 7 397 ± 9 393 ± 9
 DsRed—DVMN blue light + atropine (n = 7) MAP 106 ± 11 85 ± 5 90 ± 4 90 ± 7 80 ± 7
HR 391 ± 17 392 ± 11 393 ± 10 410 ± 12 402 ± 11
 CHIEFtdTomato—DVMN blue light + atropine (n = 8) MAP 99 ± 10 76 ± 6 84 ± 5 79 ± 4 71 ± 3
HR 379 ± 14 392 ± 15 389 ± 11 380 ± 20 384 ± 10

AlstR, allatostatin receptor; DVMN, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve; eGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein; HR, heart rate (min−1); MAP, mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg); RPc, remote preconditioning.