Fig. 1.
Body weights before the myocardial ischemia, reperfusion and infarction protocol (Control) and each week for 8 wk after the protocol in 11 intact, conscious, and unrestrained C57BL/6 mice (black bars), as well as one fully instrumented, sham-occluded mouse (time control; gray bars) are shown. *P ≤ 0.05, vs. control.