Table 3.

Arterial blood pressure, heart rate, phrenic nerve frequency, and end‐expiratory co₂ at baseline and after 5–10 min of drug injections

	Experiment 4
	Before injections	aCSF	AP5 + CNQX	Muscimol
Mean ABP (mmHg)	98 ± 3	94 ± 5	111 ± 6*	116 ± 8*
HR (bpm)	398 ± 19	434 ± 19	395 ± 24	434 ± 17
Frequency PNA (burst/min)	100 ± 13	100 ± 5	60 ± 3*	66 ± 7*
Lumbar SNA (%)	100 ± 0	104 ± 2	122 ± 3*	122 ± 10*
Renal SNA (%)	100 ± 0	98 ± 7	119 ± 5*	125 ± 8*
Splanchnic SNA (%)	100 ± 0	104 ± 5	123 ± 4*	122 ± 8*
End‐tidal co2 (%)	5 ± 0.2	5.6 ± 0.3	5.8 ± 0.3	5.9 ± 0.3

Values are mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05, different from before injections.