Fig. 4. Effects of acupuncture stimulation on protein expression in the VTA. Protein levels of sigma-1 receptor in the VTA after acute administration of ETOH (A). Protein levels of iNOS in the VTA after acute administration of ETOH (B). Phosphorylation levels of pPKC in the VTA after acute administration of ETOH (C). Representative band plots for each protein expression (D). The number of samples was 3∼4 per group. The data were analyzed using a repeated-measures ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. *p<0.05 vs. the Sal group; ^#p<0.05 vs. the ETOH group. Values are expressed as the mean±SEM.

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