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

Table 2

Follicle population in the ovaries from the juvenile and adult taiep and Sprague–Dawley rats.

Juvenile	Total number of follicles	P (%)		SA (%)		SB (%)		PA (%)		PB (%)		AA (%)
		A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
SD	595.00 ± 17.04	93	7	88	12	83	17	74	26	70	30	85	15
taiep	334.33 ± 45.99	87	13	74	26	63	37	62	38	71	29	73	27
Adult	Total number of follicles	P (%)		SA (%)		SB (%)		PA (%)		PB (%)		AA (%)		AB (%)
		A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
SD	216.00 ± 25.33	98	2	95	5	85	15	66	34	74	26	95	5	74	26
taiep	191.67 ± 22.06	96	4	86	14	43	57	42	58	33	67	50	50	33	76

SD: Sprague–Dawley; P: primary; SA: secondary A; SB: secondary B; PA: preantral A; PB: preantral B; AA: antral A; AB: antral B; A: atretic follicles; H: healthy follicles. Mann–Whitney U; for $ z-test, for # z-test, and for Δ z-test.