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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmunol. 2015 May 28;285:94–100. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.05.023

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Bilateral lidocaine injection into the NTS does not affect the hypotension produced by i.v. LPS (15 mg/kg) injection. Lidocaine (2%; 1 µl) or saline (1 µl) was injected bilaterally into the NTS of anesthetized rats and, 2 min later, LPS or saline was administered i.v. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate were monitored for 60 min. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of animals in each group. Baseline MAP values were: NTS saline + LPS = 113.3 ± 2.8 mmHg; NTS lidocaine + LPS = 117.2 ± 2.6 mmHg. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM maximum change in MAP after LPS administration and were analyzed with two-way repeated measures ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test.