Research Article

Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Carotid Body Chemosensory Potentiation and Hypertension Are Critically Dependent on Peroxynitrite Formation

Table 1

Systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressure measured in normoxia in the same rats exposed to sham, CIH, or Ebselen CIH condition.

ShamCIHEbselen CIH

(mmHg)109.7 ± 2.7138.0 ± 12.6110.0 ± 3.5
(mmHg)79.1 ± 2.7106.4 ± 13.571.2 ± 4.9
(mmHg)30.6 ± 1.431.7 ± 2.032.9 ± 3.0

, systolic, , diastolic, and pulse arterial pressure (). , CIH versus sham and Ebselen CIH and Newman-Keuls after Repeated Measures ANOVA, = 4 rats.