To identify brain areas involved in ethanol-induced Pavlovian conditioning, brains of male DBA/2J mice were immunohistochemically analyzed for FOS expression after exposure to a conditioned stimulus (CS) previously paired with ethanol (2 g/kg) in two experiments. Mice were trained with a procedure that normally produces place preference (Before: ethanol before the CS) or one that normally produces place aversion (After: ethanol after the CS). Control groups received unpaired ethanol injections in the home cage (Delay) or saline only (Naïve). On the test day, mice were exposed to the 5-min CS 90 min before sacrifice. Before groups showed a conditioned increase in activity, whereas the After group showed a conditioned decrease in activity. FOS expression after a drug-free CS exposure was significantly higher in Before-group mice than in control mice in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (Experiment 1) and anterior ventral tegmental area (Experiments 1-2). Conditioned FOS responses were also seen in areas of the extended amygdala and hippocampus (Experiment 2). However, no conditioned FOS changes were seen in any brain area examined in After-group mice. Overall, these data suggest an important role for the mesolimbic dopamine pathway, extended amygdala and hippocampus in ethanol-induced conditioning.
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FOS expression induced by an ethanol-paired conditioned stimulus. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr
Journal: Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
VOLUME: 87
Page Numbers: 208-21
Journal Abbreviation: Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.
ISSN: 0091-3057
DAY: 4
MONTH: 05
YEAR: 2007
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KEYWORDS: Reproducibility of Results
MESH TERMS: drug effects
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Substance Name: Ethanol
Registry Number: 64-17-5
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AFFILIATION: Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Portland Alcohol Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, United States.
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NIAAA
GRANT: AA10810
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MEDLINETA: Pharmacol Biochem Behav
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