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. 1997 May 1;17(9):3364–3378. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.17-09-03364.1997

Table 1.

Fos-ir nuclei (mean ± SE) in sites depicted in Figure 1(n = 8/group)

Site SK NSK P/B BOX NO STIM F(4,35) p
cPAG 199  ± 27a 128  ± 25b 60  ± 15c 49  ± 9c 22  ± 5c 15.80 0.0001
 cPAGl 71  ± 7a 39  ± 11b* 15  ± 4c 12  ± 3c 4  ± 1c 18.76 0.0001
 cPAGvl 91  ± 13a 59  ± 11b+ 28  ± 10c 17  ± 4c 11  ± 3c 14.01 0.0001
 cPAGdl 37  ± 8a 30  ± 5ab 17  ± 5bc 20  ± 3bc 7  ± 2c 5.20 0.0021
rPAG 149  ± 22ab 236  ± 54a 97  ± 19b 124  ± 29b 81  ± 29b 3.71 0.0127
 rPAGdl 50  ± 6ab 72  ± 15a 29  ± 6b 37  ± 8b 28  ± 6b 4.22 0.0068
 rPAGdm 20  ± 5 18  ± 6 19  ± 5 22  ± 6 23  ± 6 0.12 0.9729
 rPAGbal 79  ± 17ab 146  ± 43a 49  ± 13b 65  ± 18b 30  ± 11b 3.52 0.0161
PP 29  ± 4 26  ± 7 25  ± 6 33  ± 5 22  ± 7 0.42 0.7946
DR 39  ± 9 36  ± 10 17  ± 4 26  ± 5 16  ± 6 2.19 0.0910
Pn 314  ± 36 255  ± 52 272  ± 58 331  ± 31 178  ± 49 1.66 0.1810

SK, Suckled; NSK, nonsuckled; P/B, pups in wire-mesh box; BOX, empty wire-mesh box; NO STIM, no stimulus in cage during the 1 hr test period; c, caudal; r, rostral; l, lateral; vl, ventrolateral; dl, dorsolateral; dm, dorsomedial; bal, balance of rPAG. Significant differences between groups indicated by different superscript letters. SK > NSK; b+, p ≤ 0.02, b*p ≤ 0.001.