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. 2014 Jul 11;9(7):e102523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102523

Figure 1. Time-dependent effect of orchidectomy on the release of NO from rat aorta and mesenteric artery.

Figure 1

The plots present the basal- and ACh-induced NO release in aorta (A) and mesenteric (B) segments from control, 6 weeks and 5 months post-orchidectomized rats. Results (mean ± SEM) are expressed as arbitrary units (AU)/mg of tissue. * p<0.05, compared with its respective basal condition; # p<0.05 compared with basal NO release in control animals; + p<0.05, ++ p<0.001 compared with ACh-induced NO release in control animals. The number of animals used were: control, 6; 6 week post-orchidectomy, 4; 5 months post-orchidectomy, 7.