Table 1.

Lesions of the MnPO and DLPO, but not of individual nuclei that are part of the preoptic area, caused a profound increase in Tb compared with unlesioned controls

Measurement	MnPO+DLPO lesions versus control	MnPO lesions versus control	DLPO lesions versus control
Number of rats	6 versus 4	8 versus 3	6 versus 3
Body temperature	38.2 ± 0.1 versus 37.3 ± 0.2	37.2 ± 0.05 versus 37.3 ± 0.3	37.3 ± 0.1 versus 37.1 ± 0.2
t test, p value	0.0052*	0.53	0.29

Tb in each group was averaged over 3 d. Tb in unlesioned controls was compared with that in each lesion group using an unpaired t test (*p < 0.01).