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Table 1 Sample sizes of rat groups for individual experiments

From: Sympathetic nervous dysregulation in the absence of systolic left ventricular dysfunction in a rat model of insulin resistance with hyperglycemia

  

Streptozotocin

 

Controls

Euglycemic

Hyperglycemic

2 Weeks

   

   HED*

6

4

4

   HED + Desipramine*

4

3

4

   Western Blot*†

3

3

3

   None*†

3

5

6

2 Weeks Total

16

16

16

8 Weeks

   

   HED*

8

9

14

   HED + Desipramine*

6

6

5

   OGTT + Western Blot*†

3

3

3

   Echocardiography*†

5

7

8

   Clamp + Histology*

3

5

4

   Indirect Calorimetry*

3

0

3

8 Weeks Total

28

30

37

  1. *Blood samples taken for measurement of biochemistry markers.
  2. †Heart samples used for measurement of tissue norepinephrine.
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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