Table 1. Body and Brain weights of rat pups from study groups.
Groups | Body | Weight (g) | Brain | P | |
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P7 | P14 | weight (g) | |||
Pretreatment | |||||
Sham | 12.04±0.52 | 26.96±0.73 | 1.20±0.01 | ||
Vehicle | 12.52±0.41 | 27.86±0.65 | 1.15±0.01 | ||
5mg/kg E4 | 15.03±0.68 | 24.61±1.19 | 1.18±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4 | 12.89±0.46 | 26.63±1.30 | 1.21±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 11.93±0.36 | 22.04±0.66 | 1.19±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4 | 15.94±0.29 | 25.58±1.47 | 1.17±0.02 | * | |
5mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 14.27±0.70 | 21.55±0.68 | 1.16±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+136ng/kg E2 | 11.94±0.59 | 23.91±1.34 | 1.12±0.03 | ||
10mg/kg E4 | 13.35±0.47 | 27.10±0.83 | 1.19±0.02 | ||
10mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4 | 12.83±0.66 | 25.57±0.99 | 1.25±0.01 | ||
10mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 13.59±0.50 | 27.91±1.18 | 1.23±0.02 | ||
10mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4 | 13.55±0.34 | 26.46±1.20 | 1.23±0.03 | ||
10mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 13.15±0.25 | 27.99±1.03 | 1.24±0.01 | ||
10mg/kg E4+136ng/kg E2 | 12.47±0.52 | 25.69±0.93 | 1.21±0.03 | ||
Treatment | |||||
Sham | 12.04±0.52 | 26.96±0.73 | 1.20±0.01 | ||
Vehicle | 13.43±0.35 | 26.63±0.71 | 1.17±0.02 | ||
5mg/kg E4 | 14.14±0.62 | 28.21±1.23 | 1.28±0.01 | ||
5mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4 | 14.08±0.65 | 27.16±0.66 | 1.23±0.02 | ||
5mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 13.66±0.43 | 25.67±0.88 | 1.29±0.01 | ||
5mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4 | 13.51±0.41 | 27.11±1.18 | 1.26±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 15.03±0.49 | 28.13±1.37 | 1.22±0.03 | ||
5mg/kg E4+136ng/kg E2 | 13.93±0.37 | 24.43±2.07 | 1.15±0.05 | ||
10mg/kg E4 | 14.25±0.59 | 30.82±0.54 | 1.34±0.01 | ** | |
10mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4 | 13.83±0.66 | 24.97±0.89 | 1.20±0.02 | ||
10mg/kg E4+1.6mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 13.44±0.47 | 25.48±1.22 | 1.25±0.02 | ||
10mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4 | 13.93±0.39 | 25.98±0.74 | 1.32±0.01 | ||
10mg/kg E4+16mg/kg P4+136ng/kg E2 | 14.17±0.51 | 32.41±0.96 | 1.26±0.02 | ||
10mg/kg E4+136ng/kg E2 | 15.04±0.42 | 28.64±2.76 | 1.22±0.04 |
Significant differences were observed:
Body weight at P7- 5mg/kg/d E4+16mg/kg/d P4 group vs. sham, vehicle and 5mg/kg/d E4+136ng/kg/d E2 in pretreated groups;
Brain weight- 10mg/kg/d E4 vs. vehicle in treated groups.