Figure 2.

Photomicrographs of c-Fos expression in representative brain regions in ethanol withdrawn Alcw2 congenic and background strain (D2) mice. a–h, Congenic mice showed significantly fewer c-Fos-immunoreactive cells within the VP (a), rostromedial subregion of the lateral globus pallidas (rmLGP) (c), STN (e), and SNr (g) than D2 background strain mice (b,d,f,h), respectively. Subregions associated with limbic function [e.g., rmLGP, medial STN (mSTN), and dorsomedial SNr (dmSNr)] are delineated in panels c–h. c–f, The medial subregions of the rostral LGP (c,d) and STN (e,f) were more intensively activated than the lateral subregions. In rostral SNr, the limbic subregion (i.e., dmSNr) showed increased neuronal activity associated with ethanol withdrawal in both strains but to a lesser degree in congenic versus background strain mice (g,h). STR, Striatum. Scale bar, 100 μm.