Table 1 The number and IOD of c-Fos-positive neurons in the forebrain in rats under continuous stress (n = 5)

0.95 ± 0.20a

2.36 ± 0.26b

4.01 ± 0.75c

3.50 ± 0.39bc

2.60 ± 0.17b

2.30 ± 0.52a

7.17 ± 0.91ab

17.56 ± 4.03c

12.53 ± 2.43bc

8.72 ± 0.97ab

0.90 ± 0.16a

1.55 ± 0.28ab

2.71 ± 0.60c

2.16 ± 0.24bc

1.41 ± 0.10ab

2.56 ± 0.59a

4.50 ± 0.97a

9.37 ± 2.51b

6.35 ± 0.88ab

3.87 ± 0.29a

0.89 ± 0.20a

1.62 ± 0.31ab

2.36 ± 0.53b

1.37 ± 0.25a

1.23 ± 0.13a

2.06 ± 0.54a

3.48 ± 0.76a

6.83 ± 1.57b

3.25 ± 0.54a

2.83 ± 0.31a

2.63 ± 0.22a

5.69 ± 0.77b

6.25 ± 0.43b

8.17 ± 0.32c

7.57 ± 0.30c

7.97 ± 0.81a

21.05 ± 4.22b

31.24 ± 3.62c

40.99 ± 4.31c

37.81 ± 1.52c

0.71 ± 0.15a

2.18 ± 0.27b

2.80 ± 0.33b

4.96 ± 0.31c

4.35 ± 0.73c

2.70 ± 0.72a

5.94 ± 0.78a

11.36 ± 2.02ab

23.73 ± 2.51c

19.28 ± 4.68bc

0.92 ± 0.21a

2.32 ± 0.02b

2.37 ± 0.45b

3.32 ± 0.35c

2.74 ± 0.30bc

3.85 ± 1.06a

9.95 ± 0.77b

13.06 ± 3.03bc

18.65 ± 2.65c

13.49 ± 1.81bc

0.46 ± 0.07a

1.97 ± 0.19b

2.58 ± 0.26bc

3.07 ± 0.47c

2.52 ± 0.14bc

3.02 ± 0.74a

10.40 ± 0.65b

18.00 ± 2.65c

22.01 ± 3.92c

16.25 ± 0.93bc

1.14 ± 0.24a

2.09 ± 0.25b

1.97 ± 0.50ab

2.87 ± 0.30b

2.08 ± 0.10b

3.27 ± 0.84a

6.86 ± 0.78ab

7.35 ± 2.52ab

10.78 ± 1.27b

6.22 ± 0.47a

1.51 ± 0.34a

2.62 ± 0.20c

2.39 ± 0.23bc

2.18 ± 0.07bc

1.81 ± 0.14ab

5.32 ± 1.41a

9.92 ± 0.79bc

11.12 ± 1.67c

7.77 ± 0.55ab

5.71 ± 0.29a

1.47 ± 0.32a

6.70 ± 0.89b

8.50 ± 0.37b

7.26 ± 1.10b

7.89 ± 0.92b

2.59 ± 0.63a

17.06 ± 1.98b

27.70 ± 2.87b

23.87 ± 4.47b

28.91 ± 5.34b

0.54 ± 0.10a

4.67 ± 0.87b

7.65 ± 1.43b

7.43 ± 1.47b

5.82 ± 1.05b

1.30 ± 0.29a

18.05 ± 5.17ab

43.60 ± 9.45c

37.82 ± 10.07bc

26.59 ± 7.24bc

1.13 ± 0.25a

7.89 ± 0.48c

6.14 ± 1.31bc

8.43 ± 1.01c

4.55 ± 0.62b

3.00 ± 0.78a

22.59 ± 1.63bc

20.54 ± 5.59b

31.90 ± 3.91c

10.70 ± 1.79a

2.08 ± 0.47a

3.31 ± 0.34b

3.47 ± 0.42b

4.37 ± 0.40b

3.99 ± 0.14b

6.19 ± 1.66a

13.16 ± 2.58ab

16.98 ± 3.06b

19.91 ± 3.44b

15.19 ± 0.39b

1.74 ± 0.43a

3.28 ± 0.37ab

4.02 ± 0.46b

3.84 ± 0.71b

3.71 ± 0.60b

5.22 ± 1.44a

11.73 ± 1.25ab

18.36 ± 2.65b

17.88 ± 3.90b

15.28 ± 3.10b

1.84 ± 0.41a

2.96 ± 0.13b

3.47 ± 0.36bc

4.48 ± 0.22c

3.64 ± 0.38bc

6.96 ± 1.78a

13.91 ± 0.94b

20.55 ± 3.11bc

22.04 ± 1.78c

15.98 ± 1.32bc