The Role of Hippocampal Estradiol Receptor-α in a Perimenopausal Affective Disorders-Like Rat Model and Attenuating of Anxiety by Electroacupuncture

Table 1

Comparisons between mean and standard error of body and tissue to evaluate effect of electroacupuncture on perimenopausal affective disorders in rats.

Groups	Body weight (g, week 1)	Subgroups	Weights (g, week 8)
			Body	Uterus	Ovary	Adrenal
INT		Control
		Estradiol
		EA
OVX		Control		ND	ND
		Estradiol		ND	ND
		EA		ND	ND
CUS		Control
		Estradiol
		EA
OVX + CUS		Control		ND	ND
		Estradiol		ND	ND
		EA		ND	ND

INT, intact; OVX, ovariectomy; CUS, chronic unpredictable stress; EA, electroacupuncture; ND, no data.
Significant difference with internal control ().
Significant difference with the similar subgroups in intact group ().
Significant difference between EA and estradiol treatments in each group ().