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Table 3 Means ± SEM of testosterone (pg/ml) serum levels in sham operated and ULO rats treated at 28 or 32 days of age, sacrificed the day of first vaginal estrous.

From: Ipsilateral vagotomy to unilaterally ovariectomized pre-pubertal rats modifies compensatory ovarian responses

Group

N

Age of treatment

In situ ovary

Testosterone (pg/ml)

Sham

13

28 days

both

31.7 ± 8.4

ULO

10

28 days

left

17.9 ± 2.9*

ULO

13

28 days

right

47.7 ± 6.5

Sham

8

32 days

both

15.3 ± 4.2

ULO

9

32 days

left

31.6 ± 5.6*

ULO

16

32 days

right

21.7 ± 2.2

  1. * p < 0.05 vs. sham rats; p < 0.05 vs. rats with left ovary in situ, same age of treatment.