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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Synapse. 2009 Jun;63(6):484–501. doi: 10.1002/syn.20627

Table 1.

Average number of NK1 or NK3 immunogold particles in somata or dendrites of rats receiving retrogradely labeled FG injected in the Acb or mPFC.

Rat NK1 NK3
soma dendrite soma dendrite
Acb-VTA 1 11.1 ± 2.1,
n= 8		 4.5 ± 0.9,
n= 21		 13.6 ± 2,
n= 19		 6.7 ± 0.8,
n= 19
2 14.2 ± 4,
n= 6		 6.7 ± 1.4,
n= 13		 10.6 ± 2.9,
n= 8		 4.7 ± 0.9,
n= 9
3 10.8 ± 1.2,
n= 6		 5.7 ± 0.9,
n= 9		 14.7 ± 2.1,
n= 7		 7.1 ± 1.8,
n= 8
4 14.3 ± 3.5,
n= 6		 4.1 ± 1.2,
n= 8		 15.3 ± 4,
n= 7		 4.6 ± 0.8,
n= 8
mPFC-VTA 5 15.6 ± 2.4,
n= 8		 3.7 ± 0.4,
n= 10		 36.6 ± 5.8,
n= 8		 6.4 ± 1.2,
n= 8
6 or 7 17 ± 8.7,
n= 6		 3.6 ± 1,
n= 9		 19.2 ± 7.3,
n= 9		 12.4 ± 4.7,
n= 7
8 or 9 10.4 ± 1.7,
n= 7		 5.8 ± 1.3,
n= 8		 28.8 ± 4.6,
n= 8		 11.7 ± 2.8,
n= 10

Average number includes transversely cut and longitudinal dendrites. One-way ANOVA showed no significant differences within animals of the same group.