Table 1.

2-BC paradigm first, last, and total alcohol intake per experiment^a

Experiment	Sex	First session intake (g/kg)	Last session intake (g/kg)	Total intake (g/kg)
Baseline FISH and corticosterone	Females	15.04 ± 10.28	24.53 ± 6.78	420.06 ± 107.24*
	Males	20.13 ± 5.58	16.04 ± 2.53	300.00 ± 40.60*
Acute stress FISH and corticosterone	Females	25.00 ± 9.42	29.57 ± 5.82	502.19 ± 60.58**
	Males	20.64 ± 5.23	17.95 ± 4.84	343.66 ± 72.38**
Slice electrophysiology	Females	20.57 ± 6.85	29.19 ± 6.96	543.62 ± 130.25**
	Males	16.12 ± 4.25	15.64 ± 4.28	311.11 ± 75.16**
Chemogenetics	Females mCherry	21.41 ± 8.12	31.30 ± 5.43	500.56 ± 94.11**
	Males mCherry	13.60 ± 4.44	16.78 ± 7.49	289.89 ± 87.30**
	Females hM4Di	20.67 ± 5.94	30.55 ± 6.75	467.89 ± 69.89**
	Males hM4Di	13.29 ± 6.20	16.56 ± 5.88	272.53 ± 62.82**

^aData are mean ± SD.

*p < 0.01;

**p < 0.0001; unpaired Student's t test.