Fig. 1: Behavioral characterization of animals exposed to chronic mild stress.

A schematic representation of the experimental paradigm; B sucrose intake was measured in the sucrose consumption test (SCT) at weekly intervals in control (no stress) or stressed (CMS-vul/CMS-res) animals. The data are the mean ± SEM: ***P < 0.001 vs no stress (one-way ANOVA with repeated measures, Fisher’s PLSD); C schematic representation of the dissection of the vHip; D analysis performed in vHip.