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Table 2 Relative brain tissue weight to body weight ratio in neonatal pups after 2-weeks intraperitoneal administration of AlCl 3 1,2,3,4

From: Aluminum overload increases oxidative stress in four functional brain areas of neonatal rats

 

Control (n = 16)

LA (n = 16)

HA (n = 14)

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

Whole brain

5.24 ± 1.51

4.76 ± 1.09

4.66 ± 1.12

Cerebral cortex

1.52 ± 0.53

1.36 ± 0.42

1.36 ± 0.42

Hippocampus

0.30 ± 0.13

0.31 ± 0.07

0.35 ± 0.19

Diencephalon

1.50 ± 0.44

1.47 ± 0.45

1.36 ± 0.29

Cerebellum

0.71 ± 0.24 a

0.53 ± 0.16 ab

0.48 ± 0.18 b

Brain stem

0.83 ± 0.26

0.78 ± 0.21

0.64 ± 0.22

Pituitary gland

0.18 ± 0.05

0.16 ± 0.06

0.18 ± 0.06

Olfactory bulb

0.21 ± 0.09 ab

0.16 ± 0.05 b

0.28 ± 0.15 a

  1. 1 Values are mean ± SD.
  2. 2 Intraperitoneal (IP) administered AlCl3 of 0, 7, 35 mg Al/kg body wt/day for 2 weeks in control, low Al (LA) and high Al (HA) groups respectively.
  3. 3 Values in the same raw with different a, b superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).
  4. 4 Relative tissue weight = brain tissue weight (g) / body weight (g) × 100.
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Journal of Biomedical Science

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