Fig. 5.

Effect of BA administration on the mean number of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) expression in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Representative photographs and the relative percentage values are indicated in (A~C), respectively. (a): CRF expression of hypothalamus in the SAL group, (b): CRF expression of hypothalamus in the STR group, (c): CRF expression of hypothalamus in the STR+BA40 group, (d): TH expression of VTA in the SAL group, (e): TH expression of VTA in the STR group, and (f): TH expression of VTA in the STR+BA40 group. The scale bar indicates 50 µm. ^**p<0.01 vs. the SAL group; ^#p<0.05 vs. the STR group.