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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2008 Aug 8;1234:66–77. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.115

Table-1.

Effects of muscimol microinjection into the MnPN on Fos-IR in PF-LHA neurons

Treatments aCSF (n=5) 1 mM muscimol (n=4) 10 mM muscimol (n=5)
Cell types /regions studied Single Double Total Single Double Total Single Double Total
HCRT neurons PF 137 ± 15 15 ± 05 152 ± 11 120 ± 19 27 ± 08 147 ± 15 72 ± 14 61 ± 12** 134 ± 04
Medial 48 ± 05 03 ± 01 50 ± 05 53 ± 09 06 ± 01 58 ± 09 30 ± 06 23 ± 06** 52 ± 05
Lateral 53 ± 04 07 ± 03 60 ± 03 50 ± 07 10 ± 03 60 ± 05 30 ± 07 31 ± 07** 61 ± 03
Total 238 ± 17 24 ± 09 262 ± 09 222 ± 31 43 ± 12 265 ± 24 132 ± 26 115 ± 25** 247 ± 04
MCH neurons PF 232 ± 26 02 ± 01 234 ± 26 267 ± 30 01 ± 01 268 ± 31 236 ± 15 01 ± 01 238 ± 15
Medial 55 ± 07 01 ± 01 55 ± 07 54 ± 09 01 ± 01 55 ± 09 49 ± 06 01 ± 01 49 ± 06
Lateral 204 ± 29 02 ± 01 204 ± 28 213 ± 17 01 ± 01 214 ± 17 196 ± 14 02 ± 01 198 ± 14
Total 489 ± 49 05 ± 02 494 ± 48 534 ± 50 03 ± 01 537 ± 50 482 ± 21 04 ± 01 486 ± 22
Single Fos+ PF 94 ± 23 94 ± 23 126 ± 16 126 ± 16 166 ± 16 166 ± 16*
Medial 61 ± 17 61 ± 17 98 ± 19 98 ± 19 171 ± 11 171 ± 11**
Lateral 27 ± 08 27 ± 08 34 ± 09 34 ± 09 58 ± 09 58 ± 09
Total 181 ± 47 181 ± 47 258 ± 42 258 ± 42 395 ± 17 395 ± 17**
5-HT neurons DRN 376 ± 19 08 ± 02 383 ± 21 382 ± 10 11 ± 02 393 ± 09 363 ± 10 17 ± 03* 380 ± 13
Single Fos+ DRN 96 ± 18 96 ± 18 123 ± 09 123 ± 09 139 ± 10 139 ± 10
*

as compared to aCSF; <0.05

**

<0.01 level of significance.

Counts (mean ± S.E.M.) and are based on average of three sections counted bilaterally per animal.