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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 24;28(39):9840–9849. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1713-08.2008

Table 1. Number of c-Fos positive neurons in Alcw2 congenic and D2 background strain mice.

Brain regional numbers of c-Fos-positive neurons in Alcw2 congenic and background strain mice. Congenic and background strain (D2) mice were administered 4 g/kg ethanol (n=14 and 16, respectively) or saline control (n=5 per strain). Seven hours later, the brains were removed and processed for immunohistochemical analysis. Values represent the number of c-Fos immunoreactive neurons (mean ± SEM) in representative sections. Significant effects of treatment (T) and strain (S), based on the results of Kruskal Wallis one-way ANOVA, are indicated.

Congenic
D2
ANOVA
Saline Ethanol Saline Ethanol
Extended basal ganglia
Dorsomedial striatum 0 ± 0 6 ± 2 0 ± 0 13 ± 4 T
Dorsolateral striatum 0 ± 0 9 ± 2 0 ± 0 14 ± 2 T
Nucleus accumbens, shell 43 ± 9 83 ± 9 21 ± 9 97 ± 10 T
Nucleus accumbens, core 17 ± 5 59 ± 8 8 ± 3 65 ± 9 T
Lateral globus pallidus (LGP) 0 ± 0 114 ± 24 0 ± 0 192 ± 31 T
 rostromedial LGP 0 ± 0 80 ± 19 0 ± 0 156 ± 17 T, S
Medial globus pallidus (MGP) 1 ± 1 86 ± 16 1 ± 1 157 ± 18 T
 medial MGP 1 ± 0 51 ± 10 0 ± 0 85 ± 12 T
Ventral pallidum (VP) 0 ± 0 98 ± 19 0 ± 0 158 ± 20 T, S
Substantia nigra, reticulata (SNr), rostral 1 ± 1 131 ± 32 1 ± 1 242 ± 25 T, S
SNr, caudal 2 ± 1 227 ± 41 2 ± 1 326 ± 19 T, S
 dorsomedial SNr 1 ± 0 53 ± 12 0 ± 0 85 ± 11 T, S
Substantia nigra, compacta (SNc) 0 ± 0 9 ± 5 0 ± 0 13 ± 4 T
Subthalamic nucleus (STN) 0 ± 0 183 ± 32 0 ± 0 302 ± 28 T, S
 medial STN 0 ± 0 101 ± 20 0 ± 0 149 ± 14 T
Extended Amygdala
Central nucleus (CEA) 23 ± 5 62 ± 11 5 ± 2 59 ± 12 T
Basolateral amygdala (BLA) 20 ± 7 54 ± 9 14 ± 4 56 ± 10 T
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
(BNST) 7 ± 2 51 ± 9 2 ± 1 59 ± 8 T
Septum
Lateral septum 42 ± 8 46 ± 8 39 ± 13 49 ± 9
Medial septum 6 ± 2 11 ± 2 3± 2 9 ± 1 T
Cortex
Cingulate, area 1 (Cg1) 25 ± 3 45 ± 8 20 ± 7 53 ± 7 T
Prelimbic (PrL) 58 ± 8 100 ± 12 46 ± 11 108 ± 13 T
Ectorhinal-perirhinal cortex (Ect-PRh) 38 ± 2 166 ± 9 39 ± 6 170 ± 12 T
SNr outputs
Ventromedial thalamus 0 ± 0 64 ± 18 1 ± 1 91 ± 14 T
Superior colliculus, intermediate layers (SCi) 78 ± 18 109 ± 26 27 ± 9 164 ± 28 T