Figure 2. Large populations of neurons in the adult V1 putatively produce and are sensitive to estrogens.

Shown are mean (± S.E.) numerical densities obtained for supragranular, granular and infragranular layers, of V1 neurons that are positive for ARO-, ERα and ERβ. Stringent unbiased stereological methods were used to obtain these values (see Methods). No statistically significant effects were detected across layers for each of the mRNAs studied.