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Table 3 Number of COCs per ovary in rats primed with eCG at 23 days of ages.

From: Immature rats show ovulatory defects similar to those in adult rats lacking prostaglandin and progesterone actions

Treatment

Total COCs

COCs located in

  

Corpus luteum

Interstitium

Ovarian Bursa

Oviduct

Vehicle

39.6 ± 1.60

12.8 ± 1.0

2.6 ± 1.73

1.0 ± 0.62

23.2 ± 1.53

INDO

34.4 ± 3.76

19.2 ± 2.55

10.0 ± 1.35a

0.4 ± 0.39

5.0 ± 0.05a

RU486

41.8 ± 3.86

22.8 ± 4.80

0.6 ± 0.39b

3.2 ± 0.57a,b

15.2 ± 3.10a,b

  1. Values are the mean ± SEM for n = 5. ANOVA and Student-Newman-Keuls multiple range test. a p < 0.05 vs vehicle, b p < 0.05 vs INDO.
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

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