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. 2023 May 23;48(10):1455–1464. doi: 10.1038/s41386-023-01612-5

Fig. 4. cFos induction in RMTg-projecting dmPFC neurons following exposure to aversive stimuli.

Fig. 4

A Experimental procedures. B Rats that had tone paired with foot shock delivery displayed significantly more freezing behavior in response to tone presentation than rats that were exposed to the same number of tone-shock presentations but in an unpaired manner. C Significantly greater cFos expression was observed in RMTg-projecting dmPFC neurons (CtB+) following exposure to either a series of foot shocks or a tone predictive of foot shock relative to a neutral tone or the testing context alone. D Representative images of CtB and cFos labeling in the dmPFC of a context-exposed rat and a rat exposed to foot shock. Representative CtB+/cFos neurons are indicated with a yellow arrowhead; Representative CtB/cFos+ neurons are indicated with a black arrow; Representative CtB+/cFos+ neurons are indicated by a red asterisk. Inset shows representative injection site in RMTg. Scale bar = 200 μm.