Table 1 Morphometric indices of control and monocrotaline-treated male and female rats

547 ± 20

560 ± 9

345 ± 10^&

338 ± 8^&

1.32 ± 0.04

1.70 ± 0.04*

0.89 ± 0.03^&

0.94 ± 0.02^&

0.73 ± 0.04

0.89 ± 0.02*

0.49 ± 0.02^&

0.54 ± 0.01^&

0.28 ± 0.01

0.52 ± 0.03*

0.20 ± 0.01^&

0.21 ± 0.01^&

0.24 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01*

0.26 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.01

55.2 ± 1.5

52.6 ± 1.4

55.6 ± 1.4

58.0 ± 0.6^&

21.4 ± 0.4

30.4 ± 1.2*

22.3 ± 0.6

21.9 ± 0.6^&