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. 2020 Mar 26;10:5546. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62468-z

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Irs4 expression defines a PVH subpopulation. In situ hybridization was performed on coronal slices from adult IRS4-iCre mice (A) for Irs4 (red) and Cre (green), showing substantial overlap between Cre and Irs4 mRNA in the PVH (B). To identify overlap between IRS4PVH neurons and other PVH populations, mice were stereotaxically injected in the PVH with a Cre-dependent GFP reporter virus (AAV-Flex-GFP, C) to visualize Cre-expressing neurons in the adult mouse. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) in the PVH demonstrates limited co-localization between GFP-labeled IRS4PVH neurons (green) and OXT (D), NOS1 (E), or AVP (F) neurons in the PVH. Dashed boxes indicate regions that are digitally enlarged and shown as insets. 3 V = third ventricle.