Table 2.

Pearson correlations between controllability-driven behavioral, physiological and of IEGs mRNA responses expressed between experimental conditions (i.e. CTR = stressor controllability; UnCTR = stressor uncontrollability and CTRUn = loss of stressor controllability)

	Behaviours	Freezing behaviour			Escape Attempts			Exploratory Behaviour			Cortisol
Brain nuclei	genes	n	Rp	p	n	Rp	p	n	Rp	p	n	Rp	p
DLV	egr1	24	0.483	0.017				24	− 0.465	0.022	23	0.444	0.034
	cfos	24	0.533	0.007				24	− 0.7	< 0.001	23	0.526	0.01
	bdnf	24	0.466	0.022				24	− 0.624	0.001	23	0.537	0.008
	npas4	24	0.492	0.015				24	− 0.498	0.013	23	0.535	0.008
VV	Bdnf										24	− 0.594	0.003
	Cortisol	69	0.473	< 0.001	69	0.426	< 0.001

Time in freezing, frequency of escape events, and exploratory behavior expressed during the test session and cortisol levels and immediate early gene (IEGs) mRNA expression measured 30 min after the test session. IEGs mRNA from each of the candidate brain nuclei in seabass that presented significant correlations (i.e. Dlv and Vv) are indicated. Significant differences are expressed with * (p < 0.05)