Table 1 Vital sign and stress hormones changes of the two groups (\(\stackrel{-}{{\varvec{x}}}\)±s).

From: A novel rabbit fixator made of a thermoplastic mask for awake imaging experiments

Item

Fixator group (n = 10)

P

Anesthesia group (n = 10)

P

Before fixation

After fixation

Before anesthesia

After anesthesia

Body weight (kg)

2.4 ± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.4a

Preparation time (min)

9.3 ± 2.7

13.7 ± 3.0b

RR (breaths/min)

64.6 ± 7.0

65.5 ± 5.1

0.944

59.7 ± 4.2

45.5 ± 11.8

0.017

HR (bpm)

217.4 ± 22.4

219.4 ± 24.3

0.944

236.3 ± 8.5

226.5 ± 47.7

0.484

SBP (mmHg)

143.5 ± 33.2

137.9 ± 28.9

0.161

106.7 ± 15.3

97.9 ± 23.8

0.036

DBP (mmHg)

93.8 ± 35.0

65.8 ± 15.7

0.093

79.3 ± 19.2

54.1 ± 19.0

0.036

SPO2 (%)

91.8 ± 4.1

90.8 ± 4.6

0.808

89.7 ± 0.6

84.5 ± 5.5

0.025

T (℃)

39.8 ± 0.8

38.6 ± 1.1

0.107

38.6 ± 0.5

36.2 ± 0.6

0.012

Cortisol (μg/dL)

0.7 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.9

0.068

0.3 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.5

0.465

Adrenaline (pg/mL)

142.7 ± 114.3

358.7 ± 447.3

0.144

57.1 ± 8.1

358.1 ± 453.9

0.109

  1. RR: Respiration rate; HR: Heart rate; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; T: Body temperature.
  2. aCompared with the fixator group, P = 0.976.
  3. bCompared with the fixator group, P = 0.004.