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. 2015 Dec 15;6:375. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00375

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Copyright © 2015 Leloup, Van Hove, Heykers, Schrijvers, De Meyer and Fransen.

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(A) Transverse sections through segments of the aorta, the carotid artery, the mesenteric artery, and the femoral artery from the same mouse. The segments were mounted in the myograph for 8 h and transverse sections were stained with orcein to show the elastin layers in the different blood vessels. (B) Force per lamella as a function of stretch for the aorta (ao, n = 4), the carotid artery (ca, n = 6), the femoral artery (fa, n = 8), and the mesenteric artery (ma, n = 8). (C) Slope of the linear part of the different force-stretch relationships shown in (B). All slopes were significantly (^***P < 0.001) different from each other.