Assessment of nesting ability (a) and (b)(A-F), Representative images
of nest created from the Nestlet in each group. (a) A nest seen
before surgery (baseline); (b)(A-F), nests seen at 16 weeks
post-operation. b(A), sham-std; b(B), sham-3 h; b(C), shamfull;
b(D), BCAS-std; b(E), BCAS-3 h; b(F), BCAS-full. (c) Boxplot showing
Nestlet score at baseline level and post operation in each group.
BCAS-std subgroup had impaired nesting ability compared to baseline
level (*P < 0.05). EE reversed impaired nesting
ability induced by BCAS, especially by limited EE (BCAS-3 h)
(c).