Table 2.
Lesion extent induced by the ibotenic acid injection into the bilateral amygdala.
| Mouse no. | Amygdala | CPu | Pir | En | Hip | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL | BM | Ce | Ast | STIA | AHi | Co | ||||||
| 1290 | Right | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | - | ++ | + | + |
| Left | ++ | + | ++ | + | + | +++ | ++ | - | + | + | + | |
| 1291 | Right | +++ | ++ | + | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | - | + | + | + |
| Left | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | +++ | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | |
| 1292 | Right | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | - | - | + | + |
| Left | ++ | ++ | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | |
| 1300 | Right | ++ | + | ++ | + | ++ | - | - | + | - | - | + |
| Left | ++ | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | + | |
| 1309 | Right | ++ | ++ | + | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | + | + | + | + |
| Left | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | - | + | + | + | |
| 1491 | Right | ++ | ++ | + | - | +++ | + | ++ | - | + | - | + |
| Left | +++ | ++ | + | - | +++ | ++ | ++ | - | + | + | + | |
| 3 | Right | + | + | - | - | - | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| Left | ++ | ++ | + | - | ++ | + | + | - | + | ++ | - | |
| 2 | Right | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | +++ | + | - | - | - | - | - |
| Left | +++ | ++ | ++ | - | ++ | + | + | - | + | - | - | |
| 1494* | Right | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | - |
| Left | + | - | + | ++ | ++ | - | - | - | + | + | - | |
| 1* | Right | + | + | + | + | ++ | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| Left | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | - |
+, <50% of lesion; ++, >50% of lesion; +++, 100% of lesion.
The animals in the bottom two hatched rows (1494* and 1*) were excluded from the behavioral analysis.
AHi, amygdalohippocampal area; ASt, amygdalostriatal transition area; BL, basolateral amygdaloid nucleus; BM, basomedial amygdaloid nucleus; Ce, central amydaloid nucleus; Co, cortical amygdaloid nucleus; CPu, caudate putamen (Striatum); En, endopiriform claustrum; Hip, hippocampus; Pir, piriform cortex; STIA, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, intraamygdaloid division.