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

Table 1

Maternal metabolic parameters in blood from lactating dams at 21 days of lactation.

	NL Dams	SL Dams	CON Dams	MSG Dams
Glucose (mg/dL)
Insulin (ng/mL)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)

Data are the means ± SEM obtained from 3–6 lactating dams per group. Symbols above numbers represent statistical differences (), according to Student’s -test. NL Dams versus SL Dams; ^#CON Dams versus MSG Dams.