Table 3.

Summary of the different average total blood flow speeds acquired for all animals and protocols. The mean value is given with the respective standard error. A: Arteries and arterioles, C: capillaries, V: Venules and veins.

		Total blood flow speed
		Statistically significant timetraces		All timetraces
Animal	Vessel caliber	Baseline [mm/s]	Activated [mm/s]	Average [mm/s]
		#1	A	3.02 ± 0.47	3.08 ± 0.48	2.94 ± 0.32
			C	1.95 ± 0.09	1.98 ± 0.10	1.77 ± 0.02
V	4.03 ± 0.97		4.13 ± 1.00	4.45 ± 0.64
#2: Trial 1	A	3.54 ± 0.41	3.78 ± 0.46	4.03 ± 0.26
	C	1.86 ± 0.02	1.93 ± 0.02	1.84 ± 0.01
	V	2.87 ± 0.21	3.13 ± 0.26	2.66 ± 0.19
#2: Trial 2	A	3.78 ± 0.24	4.15 ± 0.28	4.04 ± 0.26
	C	1.79 ± 0.01	1.87 ± 0.02	1.78 ± 0.01
	V	2.77 ± 0.18	3.01 ± 0.21	2.52 ± 0.16
#3: Short	A	2.87 ± 0.50	2.93 ± 0.51	4.65 ± 0.78
	C	1.86 ± 0.07	1.89 ± 0.07	1.82 ± 0.02
	V	1.69 ± 0.00	1.70 ± 0.00	1.84 ± 0.12
#3: Long	A	3.65 ± 0.56	4.03 ± 0.66	4.40 ± 0.47
	C	1.83 ± 0.08	1.92 ± 0.10	1.81 ± 0.03
	V	4.66 ± 0.79	5.14 ± 0.91	3.61 ± 0.45