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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Mar 7;38(9):1688–1697. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.002

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Copulation (i.e., acute effects of sexual activity) increases OTR mRNA levels in the MPOA. Values represent expression levels of the OTR gene normalized to beta actin and expressed relative to the control group (NNS), which was set to 1. Values are given as mean (±SEM). NNS= Naïve, no sex; ENS= Experienced, no sex; NS= Naïve, sex; ES= Experienced, sex. p< 0.01**.