Table 1 –

Density of vasopressin immunoreactive cells (mean ± SEM) in the brain of male and female African spiny mice.

Brain region	VP-ir cells		Mann Whitney
	Male	Female
AH Rostral	16.3 ± 0.8	18.9 ± 1.3	NS
AH Caudal	19.0 ± 2.2	17.2 ± 0.8	NS
AH Combined	35.3 ± 2.4	36.0 ± 2.0	NS
BST Rostral	28.8 ± 0.8	17.8 ± 0.3	*
BST Caudal	21.5 ± 0.7	19.6 ± 1.1	NS
BST Combined	45.3 ± 1.0	37.5 ±1.0	*
LH Rostral	18.9 ± 1.2	19.7 ± 1.7	NS
LH Caudal	16.7 ± 1.7	16.0 ± 1.7	NS
LH Combined	35.5 ± 1.7	35.6 ± 2.0	NS
PVN Rostral	198.8 ± 10.1	196.8 ± 13.3	NS
PVN Caudal	121.0 ± 6.0	126.7 ± 6.4	NS
PVN Combined	319.8 ± 13.5	323.5 ± 13.0	NS
SCN Rostral	13.3 ± 1.0	11.3 ± 0.8	NS
SCN Caudal	19.2 ± 1.2	18.5 ± 1.6	NS
SCN Combined	32.5 ± 1.3	29.8 ± 2.3	NS
SON Rostral	78.7 ± 9.2	83.2 ± 5.9	NS
SON Caudal	97.0 ± 5.4	90.0 ± 3.4	NS
SON Combined	175.7 ± 10.2	181.2 ± 6.1	NS

^*indicates P < 0.01. NS indicates not statistically significant.