Figure 2
From: Oxytocin maintains lung histological and functional integrity to confer protection in heat stroke
Changes in ambient temperature (A, Ta), colon temperature (B, Tco), MAP (C) and heart rate (D, HR) in the V + nonheated, V + heated, V + OT + heated, and L-368,899 + OT + heated groups. The Tco (E) and MAP (F) were obtained 0, 80, and 100 min after the initiation of heat exposure (ambient temperature in nonheated controls) in heatstroke rats. All heated groups were exposed to heat (42 °C) for exactly 80 min and were then allowed to recover at room temperature (26 °C). Data are presented as the mean ± SD of 10 rats per group. bP < 0.05 compared with the V + nonheated group; eP < 0.05 compared with the V + heated group; dP < 0.05 compared with the V+ OT + heated group. Please see the explanations of the groups in the Methods section. V = vehicle; i.v. = intravenous.
