Diagrams of coronal sections (−1.88, −2.3, −2.8, −3.3, −3.8 mm posterior to bregma, from top tobottom) on which the extent of cell loss observed after bilateral infusions of quinolynic acid aimed at the BLA has been reconstructed from histology to reveal the largest (darker) and smallest (lighter) regions of damage induced in BLA lesioned animals used in this series of experiments.