Table 1. Number of cDNA copies (mean ± SEM) after reverse transcription of 1 µg of total RNAs contained in the ventral and dorsal hippocampus dissected from the brains of 9 week-old rats housed in conventional cages (n = 8).

	Dorsal Hippocampus	Ventral Hippocampus
BDNF	1,109,200±63,320	428,280±18,000	***
Epo	13,640±116	14,320±2,480	NS
EpoR	55,120±4,760	20,720±680	***
GR	7,504,040±382,560	2,303,800±323,080	***
IGF-1	412,240±18,800	227,080±4,840	***
MAP-2	1,157,800±50,960	464,720±81,760	***
MR	2,109,520±163,560	609,960±34,680	***
TrkB.FL	983,080±43,200	426,920±47,520	***
TrkB.T1	399,960±25,120	179,240±2,640	***
TrkB.T2	2,040±764	600±76	NS
VEGF	375,760±30,812	217,320±12,387	***

Differences between dorsal and ventral hippocampus:

^***p<0.001, Student’s t test;

NS: not significantly different.