Sauchinone Blocks Ethanol Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety but Spares Locomotor Sensitization: Involvement of Nitric Oxide in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis

<div>(a) Effect of Sau on the protein expression of CRF, iNOS, and nNOS in the BNST during EtOHW. Immediately after the behavioral test in the EPM, Western blotting analysis was conducted to detect the interested proteins. (b) CRF, (c) iNOS, and (d) nNOS; all data are presented as a mean ± SEM (<i>n</i> = 5). 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Figure 5: Sauchinone Blocks Ethanol Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety but Spares Locomotor Sensitization: Involvement of Nitric Oxide in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis 

Figure 5 | Sauchinone Blocks Ethanol Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety but Spares Locomotor Sensitization: Involvement of Nitric Oxide in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis 