Table 2 –

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

Brain region	OT-ir cells		Mann Whitney
	Male	Female
AH Rostral	27.3 ± 3.5	10.0 ± 1.4	*
AH Caudal	14.0 ± 1.3	10.8 ± 0.7	NS
AH Combined	41.3 ± 3.0	20.8 ± 1.7	*
BST Rostral	7.0 ± 1.4	0 ± 0	*
BST Caudal	6.0 ± 0.5	0 ± 0	*
BST Combined	13.0 ± 1.7	0 ± 0	*
LH Rostral	17.8 ± 1.4	11.3 ± 1.4	*
LH Caudal	18.2 ± 1.2	9.3 ± 0.7	*
LH Combined	36.0 ± 1.9	19.8 ± 1.6	*
MnPO Rostral	4.6 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.7	*
MnPO Caudal	6.3 ± 0.8	3.8 ± 0.8	*
MnPO Combined	11.0 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 1.2	*
Pe Rostral	27.7 ± 1.2	17.8 ± 1.2	*
Pe Caudal	44.5 ± 3.1	28.3 ± 2.6	*
Pe Combined	72.2 ± 2.3	46.2 ± 3.3	*
PVN Rostral	208.8 ± 4.6	200.8 ± 9.8	NS
PVN Caudal	81.2 ± 4.8	72.2 ± 3.5	NS
PVN Combined	290.0 ± 7.5	273.0 ± 10.0	NS
SON Rostral	74.1 ± 2.4	70.0 ± 1.9	NS
SON Caudal	46.2 ± 1.8	49.2 ± 1.6	NS
SON Combined	120.3 ± 2.4	119.1 ± 1.1	NS

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