Laser capture microdissection of cell populations from the prelimbic and infralimbic cortex (A, B), hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (C, D), central and lateral nucleus of amygdala (E, F) and CA1, CA2 and CA3 regions of hippocampus (G, H).

<p>Representative 20-µm-thick coronal sections of unfixed, frozen rat brain stained with cresyl violet are shown before (left panel) and after capturing (right panel). The dissected regions were captured into the microcentrifuge tubes and used for total RNA isolation and RT-PCR analysis. <i>Abbreviations</i>: aca, anterior commissure; BLA, basolateral amygdala; CA2 and CA3, hippocampal CA2 and CA3 regions; CeA, central nucleus of amygdala; cst, commissural stria terminalis; dCA1, dorsal part of CA1 hippocampus; DP, dorsal peduncular cortex; DTT, dorsal tenia tecta; E/OV, ependymal and subependymal layer of olfactory ventricle; ilPFC, infralimbic prefrontal cortex; LA, lateral nucleus of amygdala; ot, optic tract; plPFC, prelimbic prefrontal cortex; PVN, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; vCA1, ventral part of CA1 hippocampus; 3V, 3rd ventricle;