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. 2013 May 1;305(1):R31–R41. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00402.2012

Table 3.

Effects of intracerebroventricular infusion of ZM-241385 during sleep deprivation on c-Fos expression in GABAergic neurons of the MnPN and VLPO during 2 h of recovery sleep

Area Treatment (n = 6) # GAD-IR Neurons # Fos-IR Neurons # Dual GAD/Fos-IR Neurons
Rostral MnPN Vehicle 85.7 ± 1.8 27.5 ± 2.3 14.9 ± 1.2
5 nmol ZM 88.9 ± 3.1 24.4 ± 2.4 10.4 ± 2.1*
25 nmol ZM 90.7 ± 2.2 22.7 ± 2.8 8.3 ± 1.3**
ANOVA (Holm-Sidak test) F(2,15) =1.05 P = 0.37 F(2,15) =0.97 P = 0.40 F(2,15) =7.79 P < 0.01
Caudal MnPN Vehicle 70.1 ± 3.3 17.5 ± 2.3 8.5 ± 0.8
5 nmol ZM 71.2 ± 3.1 16.9 ± 2.0 6.1 ± 0.7*
25 nmol ZM 75.2 ± 2.8 14.1 ± 1.9 5.2 ± 0.2**
ANOVA (Holm-Sidak test) F(2,15) =0.90 P = 0.42 F(2,15) =0.71 P = 0.50 F(2,15) =7.00 P < 0.01
Core VLPO Vehicle 38.9 ± 2.7 7.1 ± 1.2 9.5 ± 1.2
5 nmol ZM 40.5 ± 1.9 7.1 ± 1.2 6.6 ± 0.7*
25 nmol ZM 42.8 ± 2.9 4.1 ± 0.9 5.8 ± 0.6**
ANOVA (Holm-Sidak test) F(2,15) =0.70 P = 0.51 F(2,15) =2.35 P = 0.12 F(2,15) =4.86 P < 0.05
Extended VLPO Vehicle 80.3 ± 6.2 13.5 ± 2.4 18.6 ± 2.7**
5 nmol ZM 87.1 ± 2.7 13.4 ± 2.4 10.9 ± 1.9**
25 nmol ZM 91.5 ± 2.5 9.3 ± 1.5 9.0 ± 0.5**
ANOVA (Holm-Sidak test) F(2,15) =1.90 P = 0.18 F(2,15) =1.26 P = 0.31 F(2,15) =7.19 P < 0.01

All values are expressed as means ± SE.

*

P < 0.05,

**

P < 0.01 level of significance (Holm-Sidak test).