Table 1.

APJ-positive cells among the ChAT-positive and gastric-projecting neurons in DMV

DMV	ChAT-APJ	Fast Blue-APJ
Rostral	35.7	34.8
Intermediate	42.3	37.1
Caudal	73.0*†	36.0

Values are percentages. Neurons immunoreactive to both apelin receptor (APJ) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) or to both APJ and Fast Blue were counted in caudal, intermediate, and rostral portions of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV; n = 3). For each DMV region, the immunoreactive cells were counted in five nonconsecutive sections obtained from each animal.

^*P < 0.05 vs. rostral;

^†P < 0.05 vs. intermediate DMV.