Average hindlimb vascular conductance, femoral arterial pressure, and hindlimb blood flow responses during rest (open bars) and bilateral carotid occlusion (BCO) at rest (gray bars) (A); rest, mild exercise (EX; hatched bars) and BCO during EX (gray bars) (B); and rest, EX, muscle metaboreflex activation (MMA; cross-hatched bars) and BCO during MMA (solid bars) (C). *P < 0.05 vs. previous setting.