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Figure 5

From: Food-associated cues alter forebrain functional connectivity as assessed with immediate early gene and proenkephalin expression

Figure 5

Diencephalic expression of the transcription factor immediate early genes induced by exposure to water or Ensure cues. (A) Pseudocolor autoradiographic phosphorescence image of a coronal brain sections at the level of the diencephalons, hybridized with a probe for zif268 from a rat in the water cues group (top) and the Ensure cues group (bottom). (B) Graphical representation of semiquantitative measurements of in situ hybridization for zif268 in diencephalic regions. Ensure cues increased the expression of zif268 in thalamic and hypothalamic regions (*p < 0.05). (C) Pseudocolor autoradiographic phosphorescence images of coronal brain sections at the level of the diencephalon hybridized with a probe for ngfi-b from a rat in the water cues group (top) and the Ensure cues group (bottom). (D) Graphical representation of semiquantitative measurements of in situ hybridization for ngfi-b in diencephalic regions. Ensure cues increased the expression of ngfi-b in thalamic but not hypothalamic regions (*p < 0.05). (E) Pseudocolor autoradiographic phosphorescence image of a coronal brain sections at the level of the diencephalon hybridized with a probe for c-fos from a rat in the water cues group (top) and the Ensure cues group (bottom). (F) Graphical representation of semiquantitative measurements of in situ hybridization for c-fos in diencephalic regions. Ensure cues increased the expression of c-fos in thalamic and hypothalamic regions (*p < 0.05). For abbreviations, see legend to Figure 1.

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