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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2020 Nov 1;127:104878. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104878

Table 2.

Means ± SEM and P-values for status, sex and interaction effects on OTR receptor densities.

Brain area Females Males Status effect Sex effect Interaction
Cont. Sub. Dom. Cont. Sub. Dom.
mPFC 2168±289 1967±273 1744±145 1726±246 2063±271 1697±97 p = 0.35 p = 0.45 p = 0.44
NAc 653±91 521±78 504±61 436±40 576±80 501±61 p = 0.72 p = 0.30 p = 0.10
LS 958±55 914±77 858±62 824±52 841±69 902±74 p = 0 97 p = 0.29 p = 0.33
BNST 846±22 840±95 781±50 846±53 691±73 848±82 p = 0.46 p = 0.60 p = 0.74
MPOA 294±19 303±28 266±15 366±33 232±14 294±24 p = 0.02 p = 0.61 p = 0.01*
AH 284±22 260±22 304±30 286±30 263±26 266±26 p = 0.37 p = 0.44 p = 0.72
VMH 562±72 429±49 453±49 832±86 541±61 644±83 p < 0.01* p < 0.01* p = 0.34
BLA 383±23 405±42 421±43 373±48 441±56 383±91 p = 0.53 p = 0.89 p = 0.64
HC 1361±118 1096±64 1327±93 959±65 528±195 1237±157 p = 0.36 p = 0.83 p < 0.01*
VTA 259±23 336±26 394±37 365±34 316±44 279±18 p = 0.89 p = 0.46 p < 0.01*
PAG 287±58 297±41 276±37 266±29 232±45 319±42 p = 0.70 p = 0.65 p = 0.40
DR 184±31 133±25 148±45 128±22 223±46 167±18 p = 0.66 p = 0.40 p = 0.03

Note: Binding density in dpm/mg. Cont.: Controls, Sub.: Subordinate, Dom.: Dominant

*

indicates significant effect