Table 4.
Summary of mean inspiratory flow (VT/TI; mL/sec ± SEM) during baseline, hypoxia (HX), hypercapnia (HC) and hypoxia + hypercapnia (HX + HC) in all treatment groups. Groups were: Sham (WT: n=8; MT: n=9), PCPA (WT: n=3; MT: n=3), PCPA + Methy (WT: n=3; MT: n=3), MSX-3 (WT: n=3; MT: n=3), PCPA + MSX-3 (WT: n=3; MT: n=3), and Apo + MSX-3 + Methy (WT: n=3; MT: n=3). Significance was accepted at p < 0.05; 3 = Sham MT vs. treatment group MT.
Mean Inspiratory Flow | Baseline | HX | HC | HX + HC |
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Sham WT | 13 ± 4 | 18 ± 4 | 26 ± 6 | 29 ± 7 |
Sham MT | 9 ± 0.6 | 16 ± 2 | 23 ± 3 | 24 ± 3 |
PCPA WT | 16 ± 4 | 17 ± 4 | 26 ± 5 | 28 ± 6 |
PCPA MT | 12 ± 0.5 | 14 ± 0.4 | 27 ± 2 | 27 ± 3 |
PCPA + Methy WT | 14 ± 1 | 16 ± 1 | 32 ± 2 | 31 ± 2 |
PCPA + Methy MT | 13 ± 1 | 15 ± 2 | 31 ± 2 | 32 ± 1 |
MSX-3 WT | 17 ± 1 | 18 ± 0.6 | 27 ± 0.2 | 28 ± 0.6 |
MSX-3 MT | 14 ± 2 | 15 ± 0.8 | 26 ± 1 | 28 ± 2 |
MSX-3 + PCPA WT | 19 ± 2 | 18 ± 1 | 33 ± 1 | 33 ± 1 |
MSX-3 + PCPA MT | 18 ± 0.8 | 17 ± 0.2 | 33 ± 1 | 34 ± 0.8 |
Apocynin + MSX-3 + Methy WT | 18 ± 0.4 | 22 ± 1 | 37 ± 2 | 37 ± 3 |
Apocynin + MSX-3 + Methy MT | 16 ± 2 | 18 ± 0.8 | 36 ± 43 | 39 ± 43 |