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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 8;36(11):3549–3558. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08277.x

Figure 6. Disconnection of vBNST - VTA eliminates cocaine preference.

Figure 6

Unilateral B-M injections in vBNST and contralateral VTA (B-M, n=11) significantly attenuated cocaine preference compared to aCSF in vBNST and VTA (aCSF, n=8) or to injections of B-M outside of vBNST and/or VTA (Missed injections, n=10) (*p<0.001 indicates a significant difference using Newman-Keuls post-hoc test). Note that disconnection of vBNST-VTA also caused a significant avoidance of cocaine paired side. Injections of B-M outside of vBNST, VTA, or both had no effect on CPP compared to aCSF microinjections into vBNST and VTA.