Journal: The Journal of Neuroscience
Article Title: Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 in the Dorsomedial Striatum Is a Novel Positive Regulator of Alcohol Consumption
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0890-17.2017
Figure Lengend Snippet: Systemic FGF2 administration increases alcohol, but not saccharin, sucrose, or water intake. Mice were trained to consume excessive amounts of 20% alcohol (A–F), saccharin (G, H), or sucrose (I, J) solution in the intermittent access 2-bottle choice paradigm. A, B, Recombinant FGF2 (40 μg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle was injected 1 h before the beginning of the 24 h alcohol-drinking test session. A, Amount of alcohol (g/kg) consumed. B, Preference for alcohol, calculated as the ratio of the volume of alcohol solution intake/volume of total fluid intake. C–J, Recombinant FGF2 (80 μg/kg; μg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle was injected 1 h before the beginning of the 24 h alcohol (C–F), saccharin (G, H), or sucrose (I, J) drinking test session. C, Amount of alcohol (g/kg) consumed. D, Preference to alcohol. E, Water intake (ml/kg). F, Total fluid intake (alcohol + water; ml/kg). G, Saccharin (0.005% or 0.03%) solution intake (ml/kg). H, Preference for saccharin solution. I, Sucrose (0.2% or 1%) solution intake (ml/kg). J, Preference for sucrose solution. Bar graphs indicate mean + SEM. n = 7–11 per group. *p < 0.05; #p = 0.09.
Article Snippet: Neutralizing antibody against FGF2 (05-117) and control IgG (12-371) were purchased from Millipore.
Techniques: Recombinant, Injection