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. 2024 Apr 30;15:3610. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47300-w

Fig. 4. Pubertal stress had no effect on the subpopulation of nNOS neurons in the VMHvl and PVN coexpressing glucocorticoid receptor (GR).

Fig. 4

a Number of nNOS neurons in the VMHvl. One-way ANOVA; F(2,9) = 22.47, p = 0.00031. **p = 0.0086; ***p = 0.0003. b the number of nNOS expressing GR. One-way ANOVA: F(2,9) = 2.519, p = 0.1353. ns = not significant. c Percentage of nNOS expressing GR in the VMHvl. One-way ANOVA: F(2,9) = 1.06, p = 0.385. Control (n = 3), highly receptive (HR) females (n = 4), Minimally receptive (MR) females (n = 5). d Representative confocal images showing nNOS/GR immunostaining in the VMHvl in a control subject vs a MR female. White dashed box indicates the region of high magnification. Full arrow shows an example of colocalization between nNOS and GR, whereas hollow arrow points to nNOS expression only. e Number of nNOS neurons in the PVN. One-way ANOVA: F(2,9) = 1.789, p = 0.221. f Number and (g) percentage of nNOS neurons in the PVN expressing GR. One-way ANOVA; number of nNOS neurons expressing GR (F(2,9) = 0.203, p = 0.819), Percentage of nNOS expressing GR (F(2,9) = 0.826, p = 0.468). Control (n = 5), HR females (n = 4), MR females (n = 3). h Representative confocal images showing nNOS/GR immunostaining in the PVN in a control vs a MR female. White dashed box indicates the region of high magnification. Full arrow shows an example of colocalization between nNOS and GR, whereas hollow arrow points to nNOS expression only. All data are presented as mean ± SEM. Corrections were made whenever multiple comparisons test is used. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.