Karin Richter; Gerald Wolf; Mario Engelmann

Table 1.

Number of Fos-positive cells counted in distinct brain areas of the accessory and main olfactory systems in adult male mice under control conditions or in response to juvenile exposure after different survival times

Brain area			Control	70 min	2 h	4 h	6 h
Accessory olfactory bulb	Granular cells	6.8 ± 2.4^b	91 ± 45^a	64.3 ± 40^a	26.3 ± 15^b′	16.3 ± 12^b	9.17 ± 6.6^b
	Mitral cells	7.8 ± 4.4^b	44 ± 29^a′	55.8 ± 18^a	29.8 ± 21^b″	14.3 ± 2.5^b′	5.5 ± 2.4^b
Medial amygdala		13 ± 4.2^b	45 ± 18^a	43.5 ± 4^a	16 ± 6.1^b	9.67 ± 3.5^b	8.67 ± 2.4^b
Medial preoptic area		6.8 ± 4.7^b	22 ± 5.7^a	19.7 ± 8.1^a	18.7 ± 4.7^a	7.33 ± 1.5^b	4.5 ± 1.9^b
Main olfactory bulb		28 ± 9.8^b	75 ± 27^a	30.8 ± 11^b	27.8 ± 14^b	30.7 ± 9.3^b	12 ± 2.8^b
Piriform cortex		11 ± 8.1^c	24 ± 8^a	17 ± 3.6^b	5.33 ± 2^c	5.33 ± 2.3^c	5.33 ± 2.3^c

Data are means ± S.E.M.
↵a P < 0.01 vs. ^b and ^c and P < 0.05 vs. ^b′ and ^b″
↵a′ P < 0.01 vs. ^b and P < 0.05 vs. ^b′
↵b P < 0.01 vs. ^c, ANOVA followed by Fisher's-LSD test

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