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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2019 Dec 24;165:107924. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107924

Figure 4. Location of corticosterone infusion differentially affects accumbal dopamine output in saline pre-treated controls.

Figure 4.

A) Saline pre-treated rats receiving infusions of vehicle + corticosterone into the dorsoventral hippocampus (dvHipp) or posterior medial cortical regions of the amygdala, with tracing for accumbal dopamine output following vehicle + corticosterone infusions (VEH+CORT) into the ventral hippocampus (vHipp) from Fig. 2A shown as dotted line for reference. Data represent mean ± SEM nA *significant effect of time (P < 0.05) but no specific time points identified as significantly different from pre-infusion levels (P > 0.05, Holm Sidak). B) Representative diagrams of carbon paste electrode placements in the medial nucleus accumbens shell and corresponding infusion cannula placements in the dorsoventral hippocampus and posterior medial cortical amygdala. Figures adapted from Paxinos and Watson (1998).