Measures of pituitary levels of mRNA for adenylyl cyclase isoforms, CRF-1, Gsα protein, and proopiomelanocortin by microarray analysis
The percentage change in all cases represents the amount of difference in the quantity of mRNA for a particular transcript found in whole pituitary of the genetically modified strains versus the respective WT mice. All measurements were accomplished by using Affymetrics 430 v0.2 arrays, and data are included only if the probeset produced a “present” response (i.e., hybridization above background) on all the arrays (23) used in this experiment. P values were calculated by contrasting group means within a one-way ANOVA and were adjusted for multiple testing within gender by using a FDR.