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Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) protein concentrations and NGF mRNA expression (mean ± SEM) in the ovaries, the adrenal glands and the dorsal part of the spinal cord in the four experimental groups the healthy control group, the healthy group receiving electro-acupuncture (EA), the polycystic ovary (PCO) control group, and the PCO group receiving EA. |
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| NGF concentrations (pg/g) |
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| Healthy control |
Healthy EA |
PCO control |
PCO EA |
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| Ovary |
294.85 ± 17.00 |
265.79 ± 20.99 |
479.77 ± 26.86a |
385.34 ± 12.26b |
| Adrenal gland |
102.42 ± 26.14 |
119.97 ± 51.81 |
98.82 ± 12.46 |
94.42 ± 14.32 |
| Spinal cord |
867.36 ± 65.52 |
1600.59 ± 360.03 |
1351.26 ± 220.82 |
1081.94 ± 193.72 |
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| NGF mRNA expression (O.D. 450/690) |
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| Ovary |
1.02 ± 0.19 |
1.10 ± 0.2 |
0.35 ± 0.06c |
0.45 ± 0.15 |
| Adrenal gland |
0.41 ± 0.06 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
0.32 ± 0.06 |
0.37 ± 0.05 |
| Spinal cord |
0.71 ± 0.09 |
1.15 ± 0.34 |
0.57 ± 0.08 |
1.12 ± 0.29 |
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a p < 0.001 when the PCO control group were compared with the healthy control group and healthy group receiving EA. b p < 0.05 when the PCO group receiving EA were compared with the PCO control group. c p < 0.001 when the PCO control group were compared with the healthy control group and the healthy group receiving EA. | ||||
Stener-Victorin et al. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2003 1:33 doi:10.1186/1477-7827-1-33 |
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