Tualang Honey Attenuates Noise Stress-Induced Memory Deficits in Aged Rats

Table 3

Effects of stress and honey treatment on the number of Nissl-positive cells in mPFC and hippocampal regions.

	No stress	No stress + honey	Stress	Stress + honey
mPFC/0.04 mm^2	14.43 ± 0.75	20.07 ± 1.88	14.13 ± 0.76	18.63 ± 0.45
CA1 region/0.01 mm^2	24.44 ± 1.06	31.11 ± 4.78	27.22 ± 1.13	27.78 ± 2.13
CA2 region/0.01 mm^2	23.56 ± 2.47	33.89 ± 4.64	19.33 ± 2.60	24.89 ± 4.13
CA3 region/0.01 mm^2	10.22 ± 1.28	17.22 ± 1.64	14.56 ± 0.80	15.56 ± 1.44
DG region/0.01 mm^2	34.56 ± 3.80	38.22 ± 3.61	33.22 ± 2.15	39.11 ± 2.21

The values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Significant main effects of loud noise stress (). Significant main effects of honey treatment (; ). Significant difference between no stress and stress control (). Significant difference between stress control and stress treated with honey ().