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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Jul 9;230(4):509–524. doi: 10.1007/s00213-013-3178-6

Fig. 6. Autoradiographs illustrating the effects of perinatal HFD exposure on nAChR binding.

Fig. 6

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