Fig. 2: OXT-mRFP1 fluorescence in female and male rats. | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: OXT-mRFP1 fluorescence in female and male rats.

From: Oestrogen-dependent hypothalamic oxytocin expression with changes in feeding and body weight in female rats

Fig. 2

a OXT-mRFP1-positive neurons fluoresce in the SON, apPVN, dpPVN, and mPVN of male, pro-oestrus female, oestrus female, metoestrus female, and dioestrus female OXT-mRFP1 transgenic rats (first three rows). Scale bar indicates 100 μm. OXT-mRFP1 fluorescence in the PP of male, pro-oestrus, oestrus, metoestrus, and dioestrus female OXT-mRFP1 transgenic rats (last row). Scale bar indicates 500 μm. b OXT-mRFP1 expression in the SON, apPVN, dpPVN, mPVN, and PP of the rats (male [n = 5], pro-oestrus female [n = 5], oestrus female [n = 9], metoestrus female [n = 6], dioestrus female [n = 6]). The data are presented as the mean ± SEM (one-way ANOVA) (**P < 0.01, *P < 0.05 when comparing females with male rats; †P < 0.05 when comparing females in the pro-oestrous, metoestrous, and dioestrous stages with oestrus female rats).

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