Table 1. Number of total follicle types and corpora lutea in the postpartum spiny mouse ovary.
Follicle type | Control | DEX-treated |
---|---|---|
Healthy primordial | 436.05 ± 6.8 | 427.2 ± 9.2 |
Atretic primordial | 83.85 ± 2.6 | 82.05 ± 2.9 |
Healthy primary | 287.55 ± 6.2 | 275.85 ± 3.6 |
Atretic primary | 71.55 ± 2.5 | 64.65 ± 2.04 |
Healthy secondary | 3.9 ± 0.3 | 7.72 ± 0.3*** |
Atretic secondary | 4.66 ± 0.2 | 2.20 ± 0.2** |
Healthy antral | 1.52 ± 0.1 | 4.81 ± 0.1*** |
Atretic antral | 2.46 ± 0.2 | 1.25 ± 0.09** |
Healthy preovulatory | 1.17 ± 0.08 | 2.88 ± 0.1** |
Atretic preovulatory | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.2 |
Corpus luteum (CL) | 0.52 ± 0.1 | 2.85 ± 0.1*** |
Degenerated CL | 1.22 ± 0.8 | not observed |
Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m. P-values less than 0.05 from Student’s t-test are indicated
**p<0.01.
***p<0.001.