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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2014 May 13;86:31–37. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.04.022

Table 1.

Coordinates used for stereotaxic AAV-DATwt injection

Brain Region Injection site relative to Bregma (in mm)
Anterior/Posterior Medial/Lateral Dorsal/Ventral
CPu +1.5 ±1.3 −3.5
AcbC −4.6
AcbSh −5.0
Tu −5.5
vMB −2.9 ±0.9 −4.5

The stereotaxic coordinates for targeted brain regions in mm relative to bregma. CPu: caudate putamen (dorsal striatum); AcbC and AcbSh: nucleus accumbens core and shell; Tu: olfactory tubercle; vMB: ventral MidBrain including ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra (SN).