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Table 1 Mean ± SEM puberty in rats injected with vehicle (Vh) or estradiol valerate on day 10 of age

From: Unilateral sectioning of the superior ovarian nerve of rats with polycystic ovarian syndrome restores ovulation in the innervated ovary

Group

n

FVO

Group

n

FVO

Vh

9

37.8 ± 0.9

EV

11

27.0 ± 0.5

Vh+left-sham

8

38.1 ± 0.8

EV-LS

8

28.3 ± 0.4

Vh+LSON

10

37.8 ± 0.4

EV-LSON

9

36.1 ± 0.8*

Vh+right sham

9

36.9 ± 0.5

EV-RS

7

33.4 ± 0.9*

Vh+RSON

11

37.5 ± 0.5

EV-RSON

10

33.0 ± 1.4*

Vh+bilateral sham

9

38.1 ± 0.4

EV-BS

7

32.0 ± 0.3*

Vh+BSON

8

37.2 ± 0.7

EV-BSON

9

35.8 ± 1.5*

  1. *p < 0.05 vs. EV group (Kruskal-Wallis, followed by Mann-Whitney U-test)
  2. FVO (age of first vaginal oestrus; LSON (section of the left superior ovarian nerve); RSON (section of the right); BSON (bilateral section)
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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