Table 3.

Sex comparison of Calb1 levels in brain regions

Area of the brain	Sex	Mean relative mRNA expression ± SEM
CBa	female	2.17 ± 0.28
	male	1.23 ± 0.21
FCa	female	1.55 ± 0.23
	male	0.84 ± 0.09
Hippocampus	female	1.02 ± 0.24
	male	0.61 ± 0.12
Amygdala	female	1.40 ± 0.10
	male	1.28 ± 0.19
Hypothalamus	female	1.31 ± 0.23
	male	1.29 ± 0.09

Mean (±SEM) relative Calb1 mRNA levels across brain regions and sexes. n = 5–10 mice per region, with equal numbers of males and females.

^aSignificantly greater levels of Calb1 mRNA in females vs. males in these areas (p < 0.05).