Research Article

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

Table 2

Arterial blood pressure responses to 5% O2 measured during normoxia in the same rats exposed to sham, CIH, or Ebselen CIH condition.

ShamCIHEbselen CIH

(mmHg)14.6 ± 3.545.5 ± 4.614.4 ± 5.7
(mmHg)4.7 ± 4.319.7 ± 4.33.6 ± 3.5
(mmHg)9.9 ± 1.917.2 ± 10.310.8 ± 4.2

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