Research Article
A New Measure of Decompression Sickness in the Rat
Table 1
Characteristics of each experimental group tested on the tilting board.
| | Experimental group | Straina | Age (wks)
(SD) | Weight (g)
(SD) |
| | Control groups | () | S-D | 11.3 (0.6) | 439 (32) | | Wistar, no treatment | () | W | 11.0 (0.0) | 325 (12) | | Losartan | () | S-D | 12.0 (0.0) | 433 (13) | | Nifedipine | () | S-D | 12.0 (0.0) | 432 (19) | | Vitamin C | () | S-D | 12.0 (0.0) | 422 (13) | | Ethanol | () | S-D | 12.0 (0.0) | 433 (15) | | Enalapril | () | S-D | 12.0 (0.0) | 434 (15) | | NaCl 0.9% | () | S-D | 11.0 (0.0) | 402 (19) | | N-acetylcysteine | () | S-D | 11.0 (0.0) | 399 (18) | | Overall | () | S-D + W | 11.5 (0.5) | 417 (42) |
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S-D: Sprague-Dawley and W: Wistar.
: Sample mean.
SD: Standard deviation.
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