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Table 1 The physical characteristics of male and female mice

From: Estrogen regulation of cardiac cAMP-L-type Ca2+ channel pathway modulates sex differences in basal contraction and responses to β2AR-mediated stress in left ventricular apical myocytes

Attributes Wild-type Mice β2AR-knockout Mice
Male Female Male Female
Body weight, (g) 25.2 ± 0.66 25 ± 1.04 26.8 ± 1.11 29.2 ± 1.31
Heart wet weight, (g) 0.1499 ± 0.01 0.1303 ± 0.01 0.1453 ± 0.00 0.1495 ± 0.01
Cell capacitance Male Female OVX  
163.4 ± 6.70 147.2 ± 13.10 180.0 ± 12.80  
  1. Body weight and heart weight of male and female wild-type and β2AR-knockout mice. There were no significant differences in body weight and heart wet weights between male and female mice. The data are presented as means ± SEM
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Cell Communication and Signaling

ISSN: 1478-811X

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