Fig. 6

Summary of the responses of ovarian blood flow, activity of the ONP, and MAP to pinching of a hindpaw. a, b, d, e: Responses of ovarian blood flow (a, b) and MAP (d, e) under ovarian sympathetic nerves (ONP and SON)-intact (a, d) and severed (b, e) conditions. c Response of ONP activity. Ovarian blood flow, MAP, and nerve activity were calculated at 10-s intervals and were expressed as percentages of the prestimulus values (ordinates). The thin dashed vertical lines and the thick horizontal bars on the abscissa indicate the time of stimulation. Each point and vertical bar represents the mean ± SEM. The onset of pinching stimulation was set as time zero (abscissa). *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, using one-way repeated ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test. The schematic diagram on the left illustrates the experimental preparation. (Modified from Uchida et al. [20])