Level of VTA Treatment | TH-hcrt/orx | TH-Fos (nonapposed) | TH-Fos-hcrt/orx |
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Rostral | |||
Noncopulation (n = 6) | 47.6 ± 6.8a | 1.3 ± 0.8a | 0a |
Copulation (n = 6) | 53.7 ± 8.7a | 0.9 ± 0.9a | 9.5 ± 3.9b |
Middle 1 | |||
Noncopulation (n = 5) | 12.5 ± 2.1b | 0a | 0a |
Copulation (n = 6) | 10.3 ± 1.2b | 0.8 ± 0.3a | 2.2 ± 0.7b,c |
Middle 2 | |||
Noncopulation (n = 6) | 6.2 ± 0.9b | 0a | 0a,c |
Copulation (n = 6) | 6.0 ± 0.9b | 0.8 ± 0.4a | 0.5 ± 0.3a,c |
Caudal | |||
Noncopulation (n = 5) | 5.2 ± 0.6b | 0a | 0a,c |
Copulation (n = 6) | 3.5 ± 0.4b | 0.1 ± 0.1a | 0a,c |
In each counting column, means ± SEM with the same lowercase letter do not differ significantly (p < 0.05).