Table 3.
Fos responses of AVP-ir neurons to nonaggressive chemoinvestigation and fighting in male mice.
| Cell group | % AVP-ir cells Fos-ir+(mean±SEM)
|
F(3, 28)* | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Nonaggressive | Dominant | Subordinate | |||
| AC | 36.9±7.0 | 26.5±5.5 | 25.2±6.6 | 38.0±10.7 | 0.334 | 0.80 |
| AH | 31. 7±4.5 | 39.0±9.2 | 34.5±9.1 | 28.5±7.7 | 0.312 | 0.82 |
| BSTMP, rostral | 8.5±4.1 | 26.9±18.7 | 5.2±2.1 | 4.6±2.6 | 1.394 | 0.27 |
| BSTMP, caudal | 1.6±1.2 | 12.3±4.6 | 11.2±4.9 | 9.6±2.7 | 3.025 | 0.04 |
| BSTMP, total | 6.7±3.2 | 20.9±9.8 | 7.6±2.2 | 6.9±1.8 | 1.399 | 0.26 |
| BSTMV | 35.1±10.2 | 11.4±7.3 | 28.6±5.5 | 37.4±11.8 | 1.100 | 0.37 |
| NC | 24.3±6.6 | 26.7±7.5 | 22.4±5.7 | 33.2±6.3 | 0.867 | 0.46 |
| POA | 16.9±4.4 | 23.7±5.7 | 14.0±5.3 | 24.0±6.6 | 0.775 | 0.52 |
| PVN, rostral | 17.9±4.6 | 7.0±1.9 | 10.4±2.8 | 12.9±3.9 | 1.539 | 0.22 |
| PVN, caudal | 13.2±2.2 | 7.5±0.8 | 6.9±1.8 | 18.7±5.3 | 3.097 | 0.04 |
| PVN, total | 15.9±3.4 | 7.0±1.2 | 8.8±2.3 | 15.0±4.1 | 1.940 | 0.14 |
| rSON | 24.3±5.1 | 34.8±2.6 | 18.0±2.5 | 23.2±6.0 | 1.518 | 0.23 |
| SCN | 28.7±2.3 | 42.2±4.1 | 33.0±5.5 | 35.1±2.4 | 2.338 | 0.10 |
| SON | 22.0±6.4 | 30.5±3.0 | 17.5±5.4 | 31.7±7.4 | 1.546 | 0.22 |
| Tuberal LH | 18.7±2.6 | 23.0±3.4 | 22.4±2.5 | 33.8±6.5 | 2.950 | 0.05 |
*
Due to limited tissue damage, data are omitted for the SCN of two subjects (one nonaggressive and one subordinate), and the rSON and tuberal LH of a single nonaggressive subject.