TABLE 2.

Changes of force and membrane potential induced by methoxamine during the first application (Step 2 in Figure 4) in experiments with either blocker (AVE1231) or vehicle (DMSO) application in arteries from adult and young rats

Parameter	Adult		Young
	Before AVE1231 (n = 7)	Time‐control (n = 7)	Before AVE1231 (n = 10)	Time‐control (n = 6)
Change of force (% of maximum)	19.1 ± 14.6	14.8 ± 8.4	17.3 ± 9.9	18.2 ± 3.6
Change of membrane potential (mV)	24.0 ± 4.7	20.5 ± 6.3	20.0 ± 10.7	19.6 ± 12.7

Note: Data are presented as mean ± SD.