Lavender Oil Reduces Depressive Mood in Healthy Individuals and Enhances the Activity of Single Oxytocin Neurons of the Hypothalamus Isolated from Mice: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

The proportion of lavender-reactive single neurons in oxytocin (OXT) positive and negative single neurons in the paraventricular nucleus.

Number of single neuron cells
Lavender-reactive (proportion, %)	Lavender-nonreactive	Total
OXT-positive	10 (14.5)^∗	59	69
OXT-negative	3 (3.7)	78	81
Total	13	137	150

 < .05 versus OXT-negative.