Figure 1
Minute ventilation (V E ) responses to acute hypoxia (11% O 2 in N 2 ) in diabetic (streptozotocin-induced) and healthy adult Wistar rats (n = 6 in both groups). Symbols are means ± SE of percentage increases in ventilation at sequential 30 s time points of hypoxic tests from the baseline level taken as 100% in each animal. Inset: difference in mean percentage increases from baseline to peak hypoxic hyperventilation between diabetic and healthy rats. *P < 0.03 for all (Mann-Whitney U test).