Expression profiles of Kiss1, GPR54, VEGF and VEGF Transcript variant 2 mRNA in cortical strips upon in vitro culture. The drastic increase in the expression profile of VEGF and VEGF Transcript variant 2 mRNA upon culture (*vs. Day 0 – Uncultured control, p < 0.0001, one-way ANOVA) is independent of kisspeptin-10 treatment.