Table 3.
Pearson correlations across brain regions on ethanol-induced c-Fos expression. Two ethanol challenge doses, e.g., 2 and 4 g/kg are shown. Both water controls and adolescent intermittent ethanol (AIE, 5 g/kg, i.g.) groups known anatomical connections were assessed and the F and p values determined. Only correlations of p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 between brain region are shown. There were no correlations to be shown as “–” in the table
| Group | Brain regions | Brain regions
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| NAc Sh | NAc C | BLA | CeA | LaA | dBNST | EW | pVTA | ||
| Control-challenge (2 g/kg) | OFC | – | – | – | – | – | F(1,5) = 7.38, p < 0.05 | – | – |
| AIE-challenge (2 g/kg) | OFC | – | – | – | – | – | F(1,5) = 8.64, p < 0.05 | – | – |
| Control-challenge (2 g/kg) | PrL | F(1,4) = 74.65, p < 0.01 | – | F(1,4) = 11.48, p < 0.05 | – | – | – | – | |
| AIE-challenge (2 g/kg) | PrL | F(1,5) = 8.66, p < 0.05 | F(1,5) = 12.64, p < 0.05 | - | – | – | – | – | |
| Control-challenge (2 g/kg) | PVA | – | – | – | F(1,5) = 22.58, p < 0.01 | – | – | F(1,5) = 8.47, p < 0.05 | F(1,5) = 11.79, p < 0.05 |
| AIE-challenge (2 g/kg) | PVA | – | – | F(1,5) = 12.91, p < 0.05 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control-challenge (2 g/kg) | MDL | – | – | F(1,5) = 20.99, p < 0.01 | – | – | F(1,5) = 7.53, p < 0.05 | – | – |
| AIE-challenge (2 g/kg) | MDL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control-challenge (2 g/kg) | EW | – | – | – | F(1,4) = 14.43, p < 0.05 | F(1,4) = 57.31, p < 0.01 | – | – | – |
| AIE-challenge (2 g/kg) | EW | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control-challenge (4 g/kg) | aVTA | – | F(1,5) = 9.10, p < 0.05 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AIE-challenge (4 g/kg) | aVTA | F(1,4) = 128.88, p < 0.001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Control-challenge (4 g/kg) | pVTA | – | F(1,6) = 8.41, p < 0.05 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AIE-challenge (g/kg) | pVTA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |