Fig. 2.
Graphs of the average packing density of GS-immunoreactive astrocytes in the prelimbic cortex of NP rats (Group 7, n = 6), alcohol naïve P rats (Group 1, n = 15; Group 2, n = 8), alcohol-drinking P rats (Group 3, n = 10 and Group 4, n = 5) and alcohol-drinking P rats with withdrawals after 2-month (Group 5, n = 9) or 6-month treatments (Group 6, n = 8). In (A) the values correspond to 2-month treatments in NP, P naïve, P drinking and P withdrawn from ethanol (Groups 7, 1, 3, and 5, respectively). In (B) the values correspond to 6-month treatments in P naïve, P ethanol-drinking rats and P rats withdrawn from ethanol (Groups 2, 4, and 6, respectively). Experiments with 6-month exposure only included P rats. Whiskers represent the standard error of the mean.