Fig. 5.
Western blots analysis showing ERα (A), ERβ (B) (both normalized to GAPDH) and phosphorylated death associated protein kinase-3, p-DAPK3 (C) (normalized to total DAPK3) expression in the hypothalamic PVN of the following diabetic (DM) and respective control groups (n=5 rats each): male, ovariectomized (OVX), sham operated (SO), and OVX with E2 supplementation (OVX/E2). Values are expressed as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05 vs. “male control” values. #P < 0.05 vs. DM male values. &P < 0.05 vs. SO control values.