Mean (± SEM) cross-sectional area of neuronal somata in the VMHa, VMHvl, VMHc, and the VMHdm in adult TFM male rats and WT male and female littermates. Neuronal somata are larger in males than females in the VMHvl, VMHc and the VMHdm. TFM males have significantly smaller somata than their WT male littermates in the VMHdm, and marginally smaller somata in the VMHvl and VMHc. * P < 0.05.