Table 1.

Arterial blood gas values in awake unrestrained C57BL/6J mice exposed to 21% O₂ and 10% O₂ + 3% CO₂ before and after carotid sinus nerve dissection

	Intact carotid bodies		Carotid sinus nerve dissection
	21% O2	10% O2 + 3% CO2	21% O2	10% O2 + 3% CO2
pH	7.4 ± 0.01	7.4 ± 0.01	7.4 ± 0.02	7.4 ± 0.001
$P_{O_2}$ (mmHg)	96.0 ± 4.6	52.3 ± 2.9	106.5 ± 7.7	53.0 ± 10.4
$P_{C{O}_2}$ (mmHg)	28.1 ± 1.5	29.7 ± 1.5	31.3 ± 0.9	29.07 ± 0.7

Results are presented as mean ± SEM.