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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Oct 7;38(10):2561–2571. doi: 10.1111/acer.12530

Table 2.

CIE alters neuronal 3α,5α-THP levels across various brain structures following 8 hr or 72 hr withdrawal.

8 hr Withdrawal 72 hr Withdrawal
Air Ethanol Air Ethanol
mPFC 54,711 ± 4990 45,671 ± 2486 53,897 ± 3448 40,415 ± 3622*
CA1 58,952 ± 7703 58,544 ± 10774 142,514 ± 15,040 113,555 ± 11,952
CA3 82,170 ± 9349 78,888 ± 11321 70,094 ± 4820 110,420 ± 14,116*
Polymorph Cell Layer of Dentate Gyrus 25,781 ± 1997 23,289 ± 2356 21,324 ± 2350 21,378 ± 2424
VTA 14,941 ± 1081 10,980 ± 1421* 25,032 ± 3143 17,134 ± 1582*
NAcc core 72,394 ± 2121 70,288 ± 4898 48,175 ± 2465 33,718 ± 2230#
NAcc shell 70,666 ± 2213 66,353 ± 4138 42,134 ± 2917 43,094 ± 2017
DLS 43,683 ± 1195 41,419 ± 3764 37,084 ± 1504 30,209 ± 1614**
DMS 52,310 ± 1539 46,504 ± 3130 45,132 ± 1504 44,681 ± 1614
LA 24,606 ± 1949 17,653 ± 2440* 22,301 ± 2372 16,214 ± 1569*
CeA 23,474 ± 2291 16,582 ± 2015* 12,936 ± 884 13,017 ± 1491
BLA 28,390 ± 2305 24,932 ± 3711 19,016 ± 1687 18,108 ± 1663
PVN 33,149 ± 2800 28,693 ± 2507 23,576 ± 2134 21,038 ±1991
Dorsal BNST 13,824 ± 1802 12,326 ± 1287 11,928 ± 2500 10,540 ± 1464
Ventral BNST 13,474 ± 1573 11,367 ± 1049 19,520 ± 2635 15,723 ± 1818

Data are presented as mean positive pixels/mm2 ± SEM of air-exposed or ethanol exposed mice following 8 hr or 72 hr withdrawal (air-exposed n= 10-12; ethanol-exposed n=10-13)

*

p< 0.05

**

p<0.01

#

p<0.0005 compared to respective air-exposed control.