Fig. 6.
Effect of novel wheel exposure on LH levels and Fos expression in orexin-ir and GnRH-ir neurons at ZT 8. Bars represent mean + S.E.M. (N=4/group); those with the same letter are significantly different from each other. A. Novel wheel exposure significantly reduced circulating LH levels (P<0.05). a: P<0.05. B. The percentage of GnRH-ir neurons coexpressing Fos-ir was decreased by novel wheel exposure; the locked wheel had an intermediate effect. b: P<0.01; c,d: P<0.05. C. The percentage of orexin-ir neurons co-expressing Fos-ir was increased by novel wheel presentation, with the locked wheel inducing an intermediate effect. e: P<0.001; f: P<0.01; g: P<0.05. D. The percentage of GnRH-ir neurons expressing Fos-ir was inversely correlated with the percentage of orexins-ir neurons expressing Fos-ir (P<0.001).
