Table 1.

Nested MANOVA and post-hoc F-tests on endocrine parameters.

	F	p
AROM mRNA in rostral hypothalamus
SDF vs. VAF	0.83	0.37
M vs. F	5.61	0.021*
AR mRNA in rostral hypothalamus
SDF vs. VAF	1.59	0.21
M vs. F	0.76	0.39
LH-R mRNA in gonad
SDF vs. VAF	0.022	0.88
M vs. F	11.46	0.0012*
Testosterone, pre-GnRH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	1.45	0.23
M vs. F	211.27	<.0001*
Testosterone, post-GnRH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	0.55	0.46
M vs. F	888.14	<.0001*
Testosterone, pre-LH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	0.54	0.46
M vs. F	141.43	<.0001*
Testosterone, post-LH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	0.10	0.75
M vs. F	841.80	<.0001*
LH, pre-GnRH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	0.026	0.87
M vs. F	0.14	0.71
LH, post-GnRH challenge
SDF vs. VAF	0.03	0.85
M vs. F	8.04	0.0061*

F = Female, M = Male, SD = South Dakota, VA = Virginia. Significant results (p < 0.05) denoted with asterisk.