Research Article

Estrogen Replacement Regulates Vaginal Innervations in Ovariectomized Adult Virgin Rats: A Histological Study

Table 1

Vaginal innervation by location and comparisons of SHAM and ovariectomized (OVX) rats (alpha = 0.05, two-tailed).

LocationSubject ⁢PGP9.5-ir nerves (per 1.2 mm2)P
SHAMOVX

Distal-half104.74 ± 0.511.72 ± 0.285.217<0.001
Proximal-half102.81 ± 0.410.93 ± 0.243.9920.001

(independent samples -tests).