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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2007 Apr 22;1156:152–167. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.042

Table 3.

Expression of OT, AVP, OTR and V1a mRNAs, and OTR and V1a receptor autoradiographic binding in distinct brain regions of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats not exposed to stress during pregnancy or exposed to a variable stress paradigm during the 3rd week of gestation.

Region No Stress Control (n=6) Prenatal Stress (n=6)
OT mRNA PVN 100 ± 3% 78 ± 3%**
OTR mRNA CeA 100 ± 3% 97 ± 6%
VMH 100 ± 3% 103 ± 5%
OTR binding CeA 100 ± 3% 177 ± 4%*
AVP mRNA PVN 100 ± 3% 106 ± 4%
V1aR mRNA CeA 100 ± 4% 93 ± 8%
V1aR binding CeA 100 ± 3% 40 ± 3%**

Data are mean percents ± SEM.

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.001