Research Article

Differential Regulation of Morphology and Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Expression in the Vagina of Ovariectomized Adult Virgin Rats by Estrogen Replacement: A Histological Study

Table 3

Index of the percentage of vaginal ERα-immunoreactive cells (ERα%) according to location in all groups (, two-tailed).

LocationSubjects ShamOVXE1E2E3E4

Proximal-half10
 Epithelium4.6780.001
 Lamina propria2.6830.031
 Muscularis3.2230.013

Distal-half10
 Epithelium2.1160.077
 Lamina propria3.1250.015
 Muscularis2.6980.030

and ⁢ (one-way analysis of variance).