Hepato-cardiovascular response and its regulation

Table 2 Changes in CVP, MAP, ABF and AR before and after intraportal injection of microspheres in experiment 2 (mean±SE).

	Pre-injection	Post-injection	Change (%)
CVP (kPa)
Group 1	0.43±0.07	0.39±0.06	-6.9±0.72
Group 2	0.40±0.08	0.38±0.59	-5.5±0.66
Group 3	0.34±0.06	0.35±0.08	1.3±0.22
MAP (kPa)
Group 1	12.7±0.4	7.9±0.4a	-38.1±1.9
Group 2	12.9±0.6	8.4±0.5a	-35.4±2.1
Group 3	12.9±0.4	13.1±0.4	1.5±0.2
ABF (mL/min/ 100 g BW)
Group 1	4.2±0.3	3.4±0.3a	-21.3±2.6
Group 2	3.7±0.2	3.1±0.2a	-16.8±2.5
Group 3	4.1±0.3	4.2±0.3	2.1±0.1
AR (kPa/mL/ min/100 g BW)
Group 1	3.1±0.1	2.4±0.1a	-21.0±2.3
Group 2	3.5±0.1	2.7±0.1a	-21.7±2.3
Group 3	3.3±0.2	3.2±0.2	-0.4±0.1

Group 1: liver-innervated rats; group 2: liver-denervated rats; and group 3: control rats. CVP, central venous pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; ABF, aortic blood flow; AR, aortic resistance. ^aP<0.05 vs pre-injection.