Histological and Metabolic State of Dams Suckling Small Litter or MSG-Treated Pups

Figure 2

The effect of offspring manipulations on mammary gland histology in lactating dams at 21 days of lactation. Representative photomicrographs (magnification 200x; scale bar, 200 μm) of H&E-stained mammary gland tissue from lactating dams at 21 days of lactation: ((a)-(b)) NL and SL, respectively, and ((d)-(e)) CON and MSG, respectively. Quantitative analyses of adipocyte numbers in mammary glands are represented in (c) and (f). The data are mean ± SEM of 20 sections collected from at least 3 dams/group. Symbols above the bars represent statistical differences in Student’s t-test (). Dams versus SL Dams; ^#CON Dams versus MSG Dams.

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