Table 1:

cFos expression in the maternal motivation circuit predicts variation in nursing behavior on test day 6.

% Nursing on Day 6
Brain regions							Statistics
cMPOA	vBNST	VTA	NAc	NAs	BLA	PFC
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	F (7, 1) = 1673; p= 0.0188
x							F (1, 1) = 1258; p= 0.0179
	x						F (1, 1) = 61.17; p= 0.0810
		x					F (1, 1) = 196.7; p= 0.0453
			x				F (1, 1) = 339.6; p= 0.0345
				x			F (1, 1) = 164.2; p= 0.0496
					x		F (1, 1) = 489.5; p= 0.0288
						x	F (1, 1) = 1172; p= 0.0186
meA	dBNST	AHN	VMNvl
x	x	x	x				F (4, 3) = 1.736; p= 0.3393
x							F (1, 3) = 0.0254; p= 0.8839
	x						F (1, 3) = 1.534; p= 0.3035
		x					F (1, 3) = 0.1943; p= 0.6892
			x				F (1, 3) = 1.370; p= 0.3264

“X” indicates the brain region in the column heading was included in the multiple regression analysis. Abbreviations: AHN, anterior hypothalamic nucleaus; BLA, basolateral amygdala; cMPOA, central medial preoptic area; dBNST, dorsal bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; meA, medial amygdala; NAc, nucleus accumbens core; NAs, nucleus accumbens shell; PFC, prefrontal cortex; vBNST, ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; VMNvl, ventro lateral part of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus; VTA, ventral tegmental area.

Significant effects indicated in bold.