Table 6.

ACh‐mediated changes in MVC before and after l‐NAME

Drug condition	Group	MVC before ACh (mL/min/mmHg/100 mL)	MVC after ACh (mL/min/mmHg/100 mL)	MVC increase (%)
Before l‐NAME
	Normal	0.51 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.11*	67.89 ± 7.76
	DMD	0.42 ± 0.05	0.80 ± 0.08*	98.05 ± 10.66
After l‐NAME
	Normal	0.55 ± 0.09	0.71 ± 0.11*	29.39 ± 6.13†
	DMD	0.44 ± 0.04	0.58 ± 0.05*	4.09 ± 3.72†

Abbreviations: MVC, mean vascular conductance; DMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy; ACh, acetylcholine. ^*Significantly different from MVC before ACh. †Significantly different from before l‐NAME.