Unilateral or bilateral vagotomy induces ovulation in both ovaries of rats with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Table 1 FSH and LH serum levels in rats with LSVN, RSVN or BSVN

Group	N	FSH	LH
		(ng/ml)	(ng/ml)
Control Vh	12	10.4 ± 0.9	0.54 ± 0.07
Control EV	11	3.1 ± 0.3^a	0.35 ± 0.04
Vh + Sham	17	7.7 ± 0.4	0.76 ± 0.04
EV + Sham	28	4.7 ± 0.4^bd	1.18 ± 0.10^bd
Vh + LSVN	14	7.28 ± 0.42	0.63 ± 0.05
EV + LSVN	15	4.10 ± 0.42^b	0.94 ± 0.07^bd
Vh + RSVN	13	6.14 ± 0.61^ac	1.01 ± 0.07^ac
EV + RSVN	15	4.0 ± 0.34^b	1.14 ± 0.12^d
Vh + BSVN	14	7.0 ± 0.6	0.82 ± 0.07^a
EV + BSVN	15	3.2 ± 0.3^b	1.04 ± 0.08^d

Mean ± SEM of FSH and LH levels in animals injected with vehicle (Vh) or estradiol valerate (EV) at 10 days of life, untouched (control), with sham-surgery (sham) or unilateral (LSVN or RSVN) or bilateral vagotomy (BSVN) at day 24 of life, sacrificed at day 90–92 of life.
^a p < 0.05 vs. Vh control group, ^b p < 0.05 vs. paired Vh group, ^c p < 0.05 vs. Vh + Sham group, ^d p < 0.05 vs. EV control group (Repeated Measures of analysis of variance, followed by Dunn’s test).

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