Table 2.

E₂ and P₄ concentrations of rats in behavioral estrus either exposed to paced mating, or not following behavioral testing

	Paced mating	No paced mating	F(1,14)	p
E2
Serum, pg/ml	21.8±2.0	20.0±1.9	0.42	0.52
Midbrain, pg/g	2.2±0.3	2.0±0.2	0.52	0.47
Hippocampus, pg/g	2.8±0.2	3.0±0.4	0.21	0.64
Diencephalon, pg/g	2.1±0.1	2.3±0.2	0.98	0.33
Cortex, pg/g	2.4±0.2	3.0±0.5	1.31	0.27
Interbrain, pg/g	2.1±0.3	2.1±0.2	1.76	0.98
P4
Serum, ng/ml	18.9±1.8	20.1±1.4	0.52	0.48
Midbrain, ng/g	1.9±0.2	2.2±0.1	0.57	0.46
Hippocampus, ng/g	2.2±0.1	2.2±0.6	0.01	0.90
Diencephalon, ng/g	1.6±0.1	1.5±0.1	0.52	0.47
Cortex, ng/g	1.8±0.2	1.6±0.2	0.21	0.65
Interbrain, ng/g	2.0±0.2	1.9±0.3	0.39	0.53