Figure 2

VTA SGK1 knockdown does not alter fluid intake and natural reward. (A) Water intake was not altered by VTA knockdown of SGK1 (male n = 7–10, unpaired t test; female n = 5–7, unpaired-test). (B) Natural reward measured via sucrose preference (1%) was not changed by VTA SGK1 expression (male n = 7–10, two-way ANOVA with repeated measures; female n = 5–7, two-way ANOVA with repeated measures, time x virus interaction p = 0.0126 but no significant effects in Sidak post-hoc test). (C) Intake of fluids is not altered by VTA SGK1 knockdown during sucrose preference test (male n = 7–10 unpaired t test; female n = 5–7, unpaired t test).