Figure 10. Systolic blood pressure in NCδ gene-targeted mice.

The mice used were NCδ 2-copy (+/+) wild type allele (control) and NCδ 1-copy (+/−) gene-disrupted heterozygous allele. The mice were fed a normal-salt diet. Systolic blood pressure was measured every day for one week by the noninvasive computerized tail-cuff method. An average blood pressure level of 10 sessions a day was calculated for analysis after 3 days of training. Bars indicate means ± SD values for the representative genotypes. n describes the number of mice analyzed for each genotype. ** indicates that the P value was <0.005.