From: Psychoimmunological effects of dioscorea in ovariectomized rats: role of anxiety level
 |  |  |  | OVX | |||||||
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 | Sham | LA rats | HA rats | ||||||||
 | 0 mg/kg (n = 10) | 250 mg/kg (n = 11) | 750 mg/kg (n = 9) | 0 mg/kg (n = 8) | 250 mg/kg (n = 10) | 750 mg/kg (n = 9) | 1 500 mg/kg (n = 7) | 0 mg/kg (n = 7) | 250 mg/kg (n = 7–8) | 750 mg/kg (n = 9) | 1 500 mg/kg (n = 10) |
Prefrontal cortex | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 2.7 ± 0.3 | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.2# | 2.5 ± 0.1* | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 1.9 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± 0.2 |
Cerebral cortex | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.4 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 2.7 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.2* | 1.5 ± 0.2** | 1.4 ± 0.2** |