Rat brain regional coordinates.

plPFC, prelimbic prefrontal cortex; ilPFC, infralimbic prefrontal cortex; CeA, central amygdala; LA, lateral amygdala; dCA1 and vCA1, dorsal and ventral parts of hippocampal CA1 region; CA2, hippocampal CA2 region; CA3, hippocampal CA3 region; PVN, paraventricular nucleus. The extent of the dissected regions is characterized according to the mediolateral (ML) and dorsoventral (DV) axis. Coordinates and figure numbers are based on the atlas “The Rat Brain In Stereotaxic Coordinates. 6th Edition by G. Paxinos & C. Watson. Elsevier, 2007”. The thickness of the brain coronal sections was 20 µm and the total area of the isolated brain structure was 0.12 to 0.60 mm2.