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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroendocrinol. 2014 Nov;26(11):785–795. doi: 10.1111/jne.12178

Table 4.

Percentage of Luteinising Hormone (LH) and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)-positive cells (Gonadotrophs) and Growth Hormone (GH)-Positive Cells (Somatotrophs) in Wild-Type and Mutant Female Mice as a Percentage of Total Anterior Pituitary Secretory Cell Number.

Control FSHβKO FSHRKO LuRKO hpg Ovariectomised
% LH and FSH positive cells 14 ± 2 16 ± 3 18 ± 2 18 ± 2 9 ± 1* 12 ± 1
% GH positive cells 55 ± 3 55 ± 2 57 ± 2 50 ± 2 53 ± 4 51 ± 2

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 4 animals). hpg, hypogonadal; KO, knockout; LuR, luteinising hormone receptor; R, receptor.

*

P < 0.05 versus control.