Table 4.

Forebrain expression of GAD67 mRNA (corrected gray levels)

	Control			CVS
	Water	Saccharin	Sucrose	Water	Saccharin	Sucrose
mPOA	40.0 ± 5.9	38.3 ± 3.8	38.5 ± 7.7	36.8 ± 5.9	38.0 ± 5.4	42.2 ± 5.2
AHN	28.8 ± 1.5	32.9 ± 2.7	33.2 ± 1.8	29.6 ± 2.5	28.4 ± 3.4	25.2 ± 1.6
DMH	27.9 ± 2.8	35.6 ± 3.8	28.0 ± 1.8	30.5 ± 4.1	30.4 ± 1.3	27.9 ± 1.8
DG	23.9 ± 1..3	23.3 ± 2.2	23.3 ± 1.4	19.7 ± 2.0	29.4 ± 4.3	25.4 ± 2.3
ZI	42.7 ± 2.9	38.6 ± 3.5	40.3 ± 4.7	41.2 ± 4.1	35.6 ± 3.8	38.7 ± 2.2
BST	38.7 ± 4.5	35.5 ± 3.9	29.7 ± 3.8	21.3 ± 5.8	28.9 ± 2.1	39.6 ± 3.7

There were no differences in GAD67 mRNA expression after palatable drink access or stress. Data are shown as mean ± SEM with n=5-9 per group. List of abbreviations: chronic variable stress (CVS), medial preoptic area (mPOA), anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN), dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (DMH), dentate gyrus of hippocampus (DG), the zona inserta (ZI); bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST).