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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2009 Jun 24;58(1):314–320. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.06.015

Figure 4. Reproductive age does not affect the numbers of KiSS1 immunopositive neurons or their response to hormone treatment in the ARC.

Figure 4

Total KiSS1 immunopositive neurons in the ARC are reported as mean ± SEM (F). Cell counts in rats primed with EB or EB + P were combined for both young (EB, N=7; EB + P, N=6) and middle-aged rats (EB, N=5; EB + P, N=7); as described above (young hormone-treated, N=13; middle-aged hormone-treated, N=12). Representative photomicrographs of KiSS1 immunopositive neurons (A–E) in the ARC; A: young control (OVX, oil-primed, N=6), B: middle-aged control (OVX, oil-primed, N=6), C: young hormone, D: middle-aged hormone, E: negative control incubated without primary antibody. There was a significant main effect of hormone treatment [F (1,33)=5, P<0.05]. * = <0.05 hormone vs. control. Scale bar = 100 µm.