Treatment
|
Strain
|
CONT
|
CAST
|
CAST + T
|
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EC50
|
SHR
|
830 ± 36 nM (n = 10)
|
827 ± 60 nM (n = 6)
|
1,570 ± 433 nM (n = 6)**
|
|
WKY
|
844 ± 45 nM (n = 10)
|
734 ± 66 nM (n = 6)*
|
740 ± 41 nM (n = 6)*
|
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aCAST, castrate; CAST + T, castrate plus testosterone; CONT, control; EC50, effective concentration needed to constrict to 50% of total diameter; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rat; WKY: Wistar Kyoto. Data are means ± SEM. SHR CAST + T was significantly higher than SHR CONT (**P < 0.01). WKY CONT was significantly higher than CAST (*P < 0.05).