. 2003 Apr 1;23(7):2889–2898. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-07-02889.2003

Table 1.

Mean and SE of 5-HT-positive cells and single c-Fos-positive nuclei in different regions of the DRN of sedentary and physically active rats exposed to either uncontrollable tail shock (stressed) or control treatment

Dorsal raphe nucleus region	Sedentary control (n = 6)		Sedentary stressed (n = 6)		Physically active control (n = 6)		Physically active stressed (n = 7)
Dorsal raphe nucleus region	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
5-HT-positive cells
Dorsal DRN
Rostral	76.0	4.03	75.83	8.66	73.17	6.66	72.43	8.69
Mid	105.67	10.53	98.66	7.68	98.17	10.09	101.14	8.88
Caudal	72.83	4.0	75.83	7.98	64.33	4.06	79.0	5.2
Ventral DRN
Rostral	62.83	3.27	64.83	3.86	68.33	3.58	70.43	6.24
Mid	73.17	5.72	79.33	1.75	81.5	4.82	72.28	4.99
Caudal	51.5	2.5	52.17	3.27	51.0	1.67	45.0	3.16
Lateral DRN
Rostral	7.67	1.99	9.17	2.27	8.67	1.31	9.86	1.68
Mid	63.33	3.24	44.83	3.72	53.17	4.16	51.67	5.21
Single c-Fos-positive nuclei
Dorsal DRN
Rostral^‡,^1-253^§	0.33	0.21	49.83^**	6.07	0.50	0.34	31.0^**^†	3.82
Mid^‡	0.17	0.17	24.33^**	4.24	0.33	0.21	24.43^**	2.75
Caudal^‡	0.67	0.33	6.83^**	0.79	0.50	0.34	7.43^**	1.23
Ventral DRN
Rostral^‡	0.33	0.21	12.83^**	1.54	0.50	0.22	8.86^**	2.94
Mid^‡	0.50	0.22	9.67^**	3.31	0.17	0.17	9.0^**	1.40
Caudal^‡	0.33	0.42	4.0^**	0.82	0.67	0.49	3.86^**	0.91
Lateral DRN
Rostral^‡	0.0	0.0	46.67^**	7.75	0.17	0.17	43.71^**	6.42
Mid^‡	0.17	0.17	43.16^**	4.55	0.0	0.0	46.5^**	5.18

Two-way ANOVA:

^‡

main effect of stress,p < 0.001;

F1-253: main effect of activity,p < 0.05; ^§stress by activity interaction, p < 0.05. Fisher protected least significant difference: **p < 0.001 versus control;

^†

p < 0.05 versus sedentary stressed.