Table 4.
c-fos mRNA expression (corrected gray levels).
| Control | CVS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Saccharin | Sucrose | Water | Saccharin | Sucrose | |
| Cortex: | ||||||
| Ant. Cingulate | 63 ± 2 | 70 ± 1 | 61 ± 2 | 52 ± 3# | 52 ± 2# | 50 ± 3# |
| Ant. gustatory | 21 ± 3 | 20 ± 3 | 19 ± 2 | 17 ± 1 | 17 ± 3 | 18 ± 3 |
| Infralimbic | 61 ± 2 | 63 ± 2 | 52 ± 3* | 45 ± 3# | 43 ± 2# | 42 ± 3# |
| Orbitofrontal | 71 ± 3 | 71 ± 4 | 67 ± 3 | 59 ± 2# | 61 ± 3# | 56 ± 3# |
| Piriform | 88 ± 3 | 84 ± 3 | 84 ± 3 | 78 ± 3# | 79 ± 3 | 78 ± 2 |
| Post. gustatory | 20 ± 3 | 18 ± 1 | 15 ± 1 | 16 ± 1 | 17 ± 1 | 16 ± 1 |
| Prelimbic | 68 ± 3 | 71 ± 1 | 65 ± 2 | 57 ± 3# | 53 ± 1# | 51 ± 2# |
| Hippocampus: | ||||||
| CA1 | 30 ± 2 | 30 ± 1 | 26 ± 2 | 23 ± 1# | 21 ± 1# | 24 ± 1 |
| CA3 | 24 ± 1 | 24 ± 1 | 22 ± 1 | 20 ± 1 | 19 ± 1# | 22 ± 1 |
| DG | 21 ± 1 | 19 ± 1 | 18 ± 1 | 19 ± 1 | 17 ± 1 | 18 ± 1 |
| Lateral septum: | ||||||
| Intermediate | 46 ± 3 | 40 ± 2 | 41 ± 2 | 31 ± 1# | 23 ± 3#† | 29 ± 3# |
| Ventral | 39 ± 6 | 34 ± 2 | 34 ± 4 | 25 ± 2# | 27 ± 3 | 28 ± 3 |
| Hypothalamus: | ||||||
| ADP | 37 ± 5 | 37 ± 4 | 36 ± 4 | 38±4 | 33 ± 3 | 36 ± 3 |
| DMH | 47 ± 4 | 48 ± 1 | 47 ± 3 | 49 ± 4 | 42 ± 3 | 43 ± 3 |
| LHA | 35 ± 4 | 38 ± 3 | 35 ± 3 | 35 ± 2 | 30 ± 1 | 33 ± 1 |
| PVN | 83 ± 4 | 85 ± 4 | 82 ± 3 | 78 ± 3 | 71 ± 4# | 73 ± 2 |
| vlMPOA | 41+5 | 43 ± 4 | 45 ± 4 | 39 ± 3 | 35 ± 3 | 34 ± 2# |
| Amygdala: | ||||||
| BLA | 30 ± 2 | 25 ± 3 | 23 ± 3† | 27 ± 1 | 22 ± 1 | 25 ± 2 |
| MeA | 48 ± 4 | 47 ± 3 | 47 ± 3 | 35 ± 4# | 40 ± 3 | 40 ± 1 |
| Other: | ||||||
| Claustrum | 78 ± 2 | 74 ± 2 | 72 ± 1† | 67 ± 2# | 66 ± 1# | 63 ± 2# |
| Lat. habenula | 41 ± 3 | 40 ± 2 | 45 ± 3 | 39 ± 3 | 35 ± 2 | 41 ± 3 |
| Post. BST | 17 ± 3 | 14 ± 2 | 20 ± 2 | 10 ± 2 | 11 ± 3 | 12 ± 2 |
| Post. PVThal | 51±4 | 54 ± 3 | 53 ± 4 | 47 ± 3 | 44 ± 2 | 50 ± 4 |
All data are shown as mean ± SEM. n= 7–9/group.
p<0.05 vs. water and saccharin,
p<0.05 vs water.
p<0.05 vs Control.