Fig. 6.

Palmitate (A) and ribose (B) synthesis rates in amygdala and palmitate synthesis rates in blood (C) in XXY, XY, and androgen-deprived (AD) XY mice. Mice received ²H₂O tracer for 5 days, after which amygdala and blood samples were collected for GC-MS MIDA. In amygdala (A), which is a region important for sexual preference, the rate of newly synthesized (fractions of newly synthesized, FNS) palmitate was significantly higher in XXY and AD mice than in controls. No significant differences were observed in ribose FNS in amygdala (B) or palmitate FNS in blood (C). Each value represents a mean of 3 replicate experiments in 4 mice ± SE. Nos. in brackets indicate nos. of mice in experimental setting. *P < 0.05.