Table 1 Summary of immunofluorescence results.

From: Motor skill learning and reward consumption differentially affect VTA activation

cell population

training phase

rostral VTA

caudal VTA

SPRt

SPRu

RC

SPRt

SPRu

RC

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SA

—

—

—

↑

—

—

UA

—

—

—

—

—

—

PL

—

—

—

—

—

—

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SA

↑

↑

↑

↑*

↑*

↑

UA

—

—

—

—

—

—

PL

↑

↑

↑

↑

↑

↑

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SA

—

—

—

—

—

—

UA

—

—

—

—

—

—

PL

—

—

—

—

—

—

  1. Arrows indicate increased numbers of cells compared to cage control animals. Asterisks indicate significantly higher numbers in SPR rats than in reward controls. SA = successful acquisition; UA = unsuccessful acquisition; PL = plateau performance; SPRt = single pellet reaching, trained hemisphere; SPRt = SPR, untrained hemisphere; RC = reward control.