The participation of the muscarinic receptors in the preoptic-anterior hypothalamic areas in the regulation of ovulation depends on the ovary

Table 3 Effects of LHRH or EB on the weight of the in situ ovary in rats with unilateral ovariectomy (ULO) performed at 13:00 h of diestrus-2 day

Group	Weight of the in situ ovary (mg/100 g bw)
Group	Left	Right
L-ULO	–	32.7 ± 3.3
L-ULO + LHRH	–	17.4 ± 1.1^a
L-ULO + EB	–	19.6 ± 1.2^a
R-ULO	33.4 ± 3.6	–
R-ULO + LHRH	19.7 ± 1.5^a	–
R-ULO + EB	18.0 ± 1.3^a	–

The mean ± SEMs of the weight of the left or right ovary of intact rats, or rats subject to left ULO (L-ULO) or right ULO (R-ULO), and ULO rats injected with 3.7 μg/Kg body weight of synthetic LHRH at 14:00 h of the predicted proestrus day, or injected with 10 μg of EB at 14:00 h of the same day of the ULO. The animals were sacrificed at the predicted estrous day
^a p < 0.01 vs. the respective ULO group (MANOVA, followed Tukey test)

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