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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Peptides. 2008 May 28;30(1):111–122. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.05.016

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Computer-assisted maps showing the distribution of neurons expressing KiSS-1 mRNA in representative parasagittal sections from a premenopausal (A) and a postmenopausal (B) woman. Each filled circle represents one labeled neuron. Neurons expressing KiSS-1 mRNA were predominantly located in the infundibular nucleus of both groups. A marked increase in the number of neurons expressing KiSS-1 mRNA was observed in the infundibular nucleus of postmenopausal women. The arrow indicates the location of the infundibular nucleus. Abbreviations: ac, anterior commissure; fx, fornix; INF, infundibular nucleus; MB, mammillary body; MPOA, medial preoptic area; oc, optic chiasm; PH, posterior hypothalamus. Scale Bar = 2 mm.

From Rometo et al. [86], reproduced with permission from The Endocrine Society.