Table 1 Average numbers of Fos, TH, and Fos/TH immunoreactive neurons in the rostral, intermediate, and caudal parts of the DMV and NTS induced by restraint water-immersion stress (cells per 0.01 mm²)

1.5 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.8*^a

1.8 ± 0.3

3.4 ± 0.1*^ab

2.9 ± 0.9

3.7 ± 0.7*^a

1.8 ± 0.3

4.7 ± 0.6*^c

1.2 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.8*^a

1.1 ± 0.9

2.1 ± 0.2*^bc

0.5 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1**^a

0.6 ± 0.0

1.2 ± 0.1**^a

0.8 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.6**^b

1.7 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.1**^c

1.1 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0.5**^b

1.3 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.1**^b

0.2 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1**^a

0.1 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.1**^a

0.1 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.1**^a

0.1 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.1**^b

0.2 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.3**^a

0.1 ± 0.0

0.7 ± 0.1**^b