Fig. 4: Neuronal activity in selected brain regions in response to sexual aggression.
From: Modelling sexual violence in male rats: the sexual aggression test (SxAT)
Neuronal activity was indicated by the number of Fos-IR neurons in response to 10 min of rest (CONTROL) or of exposure to the sexual aggression test (SxAT, purple bars), consensual mating (CMT, blue bars) or resident-intruder test (RIT, red bars). Brain areas are grouped according to activation patterns: A regions activated in all conditions, B regions activated exclusively by CMT, C regions activated only during the SxAT, and D regions activated only during the RIT. Data are presented as mean + s.e.m.; *p < 0.05 vs. CONTROL. Scatter plots of the number of consensual mounts (CM) in the CMT (E), or of aggressive behavior (F) in the SxAT vs. the number of Fos-IR in the aAIC, pAIC, LSD, and AHA. PRL pre-limbic cortex, IL infra-limbic cortex, aCg1 anterior cingulate cortex 1, pCg1 and pCg2 posterior cingulate cortex 1 and 2, respectively, aAIC and pAIC anterior and posterior agranular insular cortex, respectively, aAcC and pAcC anterior and posterior nucleus accumbens core, respectively, aAcS and pAcS anterior and posterior nucleus accumbens shell, BLA basolateral amygdala, CeA central amygdala, MeApd posterodorsal medial amygdala, LSD dorsal lateral septum, LSV ventral lateral septum, AH anterior hypothalamic attack area, LHA lateral hypothalamic attack area, LHb lateral habenula, MPOA medial preoptic area, VMHvl ventrolateral ventromedial hypothalamus.
