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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Biol. 2011 Apr 20;17(2):309–321. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00333.x

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Viral-mediated GABAAR α4 subunit knockdown in NAc shell does not affect instrumental responding for sucrose. Rats were infused in the NAc shell with Ad-shα4 (n = 11) or Ad-NSS (n = 11) bilaterally. For panels a–c, data for Ad-shα4-treated rats are expressed as a percentage of Ad-NSS-treated rats at the same timepoint. (a) Responding on the active lever for 2% sucrose was not altered after Ad-shα4 infusion. (b) Inactive lever responding was not altered. (c) Estimated sucrose intake (g/kg) was not altered.‘B’ refers to baseline, the average of 3 days prior to virus infusion. Data presented as mean +/− SEM