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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroscience. 2013 Jan 18;235:174–186. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.069

Table 4.

Brain stem region C3 PNMT and c-fos expression in female and male rats exposed to AIE and challenged with alcohol on PND 70–71

Group Treatmenta PNMT-ir cells per section Number of colocalized c-fos-ir and PNMT-ir cells per section in C3
Female Control/vehicle ig 18.7 ± 2.0 0.1 ± 0.1
Control/alcohol ig 17.8 ± 1.0 0.4 ± 0.3
AIE/vehicle ig 16.6 ± 1.9 0.1 ± 0.1
AIE/alcohol ig 18.3 ± 1.8 0.7 ± 0.4
Male Control/vehicle ig 34.4 ± 4.1 0.3 ± 0.2
Control/alcohol ig 21.0 ± 2.7 0.9 ± 0.5
AIE/vehicle ig 24.6 ± 0.7 0.4 ± 0.1
AIE/alcohol ig 21.8 ± 2.0 1.8 ± 0.4
a

Male and female rats were exposed to alcohol vapor (AIE) or air (Control) from PND 28–42, then injected with alcohol ig (4.5 g/kg) or vehicle at PND 70–71. Values are mean ± SEM, n=4–6 rats per group.