Brain Levels of Prostaglandins, Endocannabinoids, and Related Lipids Are Affected by Mating Strategies
Table 3
Brainstem analysis.
(a)
Comparisons of home cage to each group
Brainstem: significance versus home cage control
Home cage
Chamber exposed
Standard mated
Paced mated
AEA
EE
NAGly
EE
PEA
EE
SEA
EE
EE
OEA
EE
DHEA
EE
2-AG
1.4E − 8 1.1E − 9
EE
EE
PGE2
3.4E − 10 2.8E − 11
3.3E − 10 4.0E − 11
PGF2α
(b)
Comparisons of chamber exposed to standard or paced mating
Brainstem: standard and paced mating versus chamber exposed
Chamber exposed
Standard mated
Paced mated
AEA
EE
NAGly
EE
PEA
EE
SEA
EE
OEA
EE
DHEA
EE
2-AG
PGE2
PGF2α
(c)
Comparisons of standard mating to paced mating
Brainstem: standard versus paced mating
Standard mated
Paced mated
AEA
EE
NAGly
PEA
SEA
OEA
DHEA
2-AG
EE
PGE2
PGF2α
Data are moles per gram tissue and are shown as means SE. Values in light face have no significant difference among the groups. Values denote a significant increase, whereas those in bold denote a significant decrease from the treatment group in the far left. .