The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptors in Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis of Neuroprogenitor Cells in the Hippocampus of Rat Pups

Table 1

Effects of dexamethasone on rat pup body weight and brain weight.

Age (D)	Body weight, Mean ± SE, g (𝑁=6)		Brain weight, Mean ± SE, g (𝑁=6)
	NS	Dex	NS	Dex
P1 group
1^a	7.17±0.07	6.58±0.06
2	8.13±0.04	6.63±0.03	0.373±0.013	0.376±0.008
3	9.33±0.14	7.50±0.07 *	0.387±0.008	0.373±0.006
5	12.45±0.11	9.83±0.16^†	0.530±0.013	0.549±0.011
7	16.90±0.33	12.70±0.23^†	0.699±0.017	0.721±0.007

𝑁: number of pups; ^adays of normal saline (NS) or dexamethasone (Dex) administration to the rat pups.
In P1 group, after Dex or NS injection on day 1, the pups were sacrificed on days 2, 3, 5, and 7.
Compared pups injected with dexamethasone (Dex) and normal saline (NS) by using two-way ANOVA.
* 𝑃<0.05; ^†𝑃<0.001.