Hypothalamic vasotocin and tyrosine hydroxylase levels following maternal care and selection for low mortality in laying hens

Hewlett, Susie E; Zeinstra, Elly C; van Eerdenburg, Frank JCM; Rodenburg, TB; van Kooten, Peter JS; van der Staay, FJ; Nordquist, Rebecca E

doi:10.1186/1746-6148-10-167

Table 2 Spearman Rank Correlations between results of open field (OF) at 5–6 weeks of age and number of hypothalamic tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)- or vasotocin (AVT) positive neurons

From: Hypothalamic vasotocin and tyrosine hydroxylase levels following maternal care and selection for low mortality in laying hens

	Lstand	Lwalk	Nstep	Ndiss	AVT-MPA	AVT-PaPC	AVT-LPO	TH-VMH	TH-DM	TH-RM	TH-PE
Lstand	1.000	0.753	-0.635	-0.580	-0.108	0.225	0.137	0.031	-0.212	0.060	-0.262
latency to stand in OF		<.0001	0.000	0.002	0.593	0.260	0.495	0.882	0.297	0.770	0.196
	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26
Lwalk	0.753	1.000	-0.780	-0.432	-0.113	0.220	0.116	0.005	0.012	-0.001	-0.266
latency to walk in OF	<.0001		<.0001	0.024	0.576	0.271	0.565	0.980	0.954	0.997	0.189
	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26
Nstep	0.635	-0.780	1.000	0.546	0.220	-0.026	-0.065	-0.034	0.051	0.098	0.285
Number of steps in OF	0.000	<.0001		0.003	0.270	0.898	0.748	0.869	0.804	0.633	0.158
	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26
Ndiss	0.580	-0.432	0.546	1.000	0.110	-0.106	-0.269	0.327	0.241	0.188	0.276
Number of distress calls in OF	0.002	0.024	0.003		0.586	0.599	0.175	0.103	0.237	0.358	0.172
	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26
AVT-MPA	-0.108	-0.113	0.220	0.110	1.000	0.256	0.303	0.131	-0.134	0.146	0.338
AVT positive neurons in MPA	0.593	0.576	0.270	0.586		0.188	0.117	0.514	0.505	0.467	0.085
	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
AVT-PaPC	0.225	0.220	-0.026	-0.106	0.256	1.000	0.217	0.166	-0.008	0.280	0.545
AVT positive neurons in PaPC	0.260	0.271	0.898	0.599	0.188		0.268	0.408	0.968	0.157	0.003
	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
AVT-LPO	0.137	0.116	-0.065	-0.269	0.303	0.217	1.000	-0.007	-0.017	0.141	0.013
AVT positive neurons in LPO	0.495	0.565	0.748	0.175	0.117	0.268		0.971	0.932	0.484	0.950
	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
TH-VMH	0.031	0.005	-0.034	0.327	0.131	0.166	-0.007	1.000	-0.392	0.744	0.514
TH positive neurons in VMH	0.882	0.980	0.869	0.103	0.514	0.408	0.971		0.043	<.0001	0.006
	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
TH-DM	-0.212	0.012	0.051	0.241	-0.134	-0.008	-0.017	-0.392	1.000	-0.342	-0.287
TH positive neurons in DM	0.297	0.954	0.804	0.237	0.505	0.968	0.932	0.043		0.080	0.147
	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
TH-RM	0.060	-0.001	0.098	0.188	0.146	0.280	0.141	0.744	-0.342	1.000	0.422
TH positive neurons in RM	0.770	0.997	0.633	0.358	0.467	0.157	0.484	<.0001	0.080		0.028
	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
TH-PE	-0.262	-0.266	0.285	0.276	0.338	0.545	0.013	0.514	-0.287	0.4221	1.000
TH positive neurons in Pe	0.196	0.189	0.158	0.172	0.085	0.003	0.950	0.006	0.147	0.028
	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

For all cells in table, correlations are listed as Rho value, P value, and N. See Table 1 for abbreviations of hypothalamic areas. Significant correlations (p<0.05) are indicated in italics.

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