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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2012 Jul 2;1470:24–34. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.06.004

Figure 3. Autoradiographs illustrating the effects of HFD consumption on nAChR binding.

Figure 3

Images depicting a stimulatory effect of dietary fat on [125I]-epibatidine binding in the mPFC and SNc regions (top 2 panels) and [125I]-bungarotoxin binding in the LH and VMH regions (bottom panel). Abbreviations: HFD - high-fat diet; mPFC - medial prefrontal cortex; LH - lateral hypothalamus; VMH - ventromedial hypothalamus; and SNc - substantia nigra pars compacta