Table 3.

Expression of c-Fos-labeled cells in the VLPO and surrounding regions after glucose versus vehicle treatment

	c-Fos+ neuronal density (cells/mm2)
	Glucose (10 mm)	Vehicle	p value, Wilcoxon test
VLPO	213.3 ± 25.3	72.0 ± 8.8	0.016*
MPOA	361.7 ± 37.7	295.8 ± 51.0	0.219 (ns)
LPOA	320.6 ± 32.5	292.3 ± 70.9	0.578 (ns)
MCPO	60.2 ± 10.2	60.9 ± 6.2	0.938 (ns)

*p ≤ 0.05.