Spaceflight Affects Postnatal Development of the Aortic Wall in Rats

Figure 3

Incremental elastic modulus of the longitudinal strips excised from the proximal thoracic aorta in the FLT, AGC, and VIV group rats. Values are mean ± SE. Abbreviations are similar to those in Figure 2. Incremental elastic modulus was determined at strains of 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75.