Long-term treatment with testosterone alters ovary innervation in adult pigs

Table 3 The co-localization of DβH and/or NPY, SOM, GAL in the intraovarian nerve fibres of gilts

Ovarian structures		Group	DβH	NPY	SOM	GAL
Cortex	Ground plexus	C	-	+	+	-
	Ground plexus	T	-	+	+	l.f.
	Follicles:
	Primordial	C	-	-	-	-
	Primordial	T	-	-	l.f.	-
	Primary	C	-	++	l.f.	l.f.
	Primary	T	-	++	+	l.f.
	Secondary	C	-	+	+	-
	Secondary	T	-	++	+	l.f.
	Tertiary (mm):
	- up to 3	C	-	+	+	+
	- up to 3	T	-	+	+	+
	- 4–6	C	-	+	+	+
	- 4–6	T	-	+	+	+
	- 7–10	C	-	+	+	+
	- 7–10	T	l.s.	l.s.	l.s.	l.s.
	Arteries	C	-	++	-	-
	Arteries	T	-	+	+	-
	Veins	C	-	++	+	+
	Veins	T	-	+	-	+
	Interstitial gland	C	-	+	l.f.	l.f.
	Interstitial gland	T	-	+	l.f.	l.f.
Medulla	Ground plexus	C	-	+	+	+
	Ground plexus	T	-	+	+	+
	Arteries	C	-	+	+	+
	Arteries	T	-	+	+	+
	Veins	C	-	+	-	-
	Veins	T	-	+	-	-

C control gilts, T testosterone-treated gilts; co-localization of DβH with NPY, co-localization of DβH with SOM, co-localization of DβH with GAL in the part (+) or all (++) of nerve fibres; (−) lack of co-localization; l.f. lack of fibres, l.s. lack of structure

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