Exercise Training Could Improve Age-Related Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow and Capillary Vascularity through the Upregulation of VEGF and eNOS

Table 1

Body weight (g), mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg), systolic blood pressure (mmHg), diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), and plasma malondialdehyde (nmol/mL) in theSE-Young, SE-Aged, IM-Aged, and ET-Aged groups.

	SE-Young	SE-Aged	IM-Aged	ET-Aged
Body weight (g)	474.80 ± 10.17; (5)	675.50 ± 19.36*; (8)	686.80 ± 16.87*; (5)	591.50 ± 14.68^*,#; (8)
Mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg)	99.11 ± 6.04; (5)	130.00 ± 5.00*; (8)	130.39 ± 2.69*; (5)	115.79 ± 4.30^*,#; (7)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	121.00 ± 5.95; (5)	144.58 ± 5.07*; (8)	144.83 ± 3.43*; (5)	130.42 ± 4.10; (7)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	88.17 ± 6.41; (5)	122.71 ± 5.03*; (8)	123.176 ± 2.64*; (5)	106.90 ± 4.48^*,#; (7)
Plasma malondialdehyde (nmol/mL)	1.84 ± 0.46; (5)	11.93 ± 2.28*; (6)	12.08 ± 0.94*; (5)	5.32 ± 1.60^#; (5)

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM, and the number of rats is shown in parentheses.
^∗𝑃<0.05, significantly different from the SE-Young group.
^#𝑃<0.05, significantly different from the IM-Aged group.