Follicular Development and Secretion of Ovarian Hormones during the Juvenile and Adult Reproductive Lives of the Myelin Mutant taiep Rat: An Animal Model of Demyelinating Diseases

Figure 6

Estrous cycle of Sprague–Dawley and taiep rats from 70 days of age until sacrifice. Each graph represents the estrous cycle of one Sprague–Dawley and one taiep rat. The estrous cycle comprises four stages: estrus, diestrus 1, diestrus 2, and proestus. Red arrows indicate the moments when the estrous cycle of the taiep rat is irregular. SD: Sprague–Dawley; E: estrus; D1: diestrus 1; D2: diestrus 2; P: proestrus.