Table 2. Uptake rates and distribution of ²⁰¹Tl in the soleus muscle.

		C	HS	ST	HSB	STB
Uptake rates (%dose/g)		0.45 ± 0.09	0.18 ± 0.09*	0.15 ± 0.12*	0.13 ± 0.05*	0.12 ± 0.07*
Distributions (%)	0–25%	19.9 ± 5.9	19.7 ± 6.1	19.2 ± 2.7	24.9 ± 4.6	19.7 ± 3.4
	25–50%	31.6 ± 3.1§	33.8 ± 3.9§	32.7 ± 2.0§	31.3 ± 3.3	30.1 ± 5.2§
	50–75%	31.8 ± 5.4§	28.7 ± 6.7§	31.3 ± 1.4§	27.3 ± 5.1	32.1 ± 3.4§
	75–100%	16.7 ± 4.0¶†	17.8 ± 3.7¶†	16.8 ± 4.0¶†	16.5 ± 3.5¶†	18.1 ± 4.1¶†

Uptake rates are expressed as percentages of administered dose taken up per gram of wet tissue weight (%dose/g). Distributions are expressed as percentage of ²⁰¹Tl uptake of the region in total uptake of the muscle. Values are means±S.D.

^*p < 0.05 compared with C (control) group,

^§p < 0.05 compared with the 0–25%,

^¶p < 0.05 compared with the 25–50%,

^†p < 0.05 compared with the 50–75% region.