For each brain, every tenth coronal section was mounted and air-dried on gelatin-coated slides. Slides were hydrated in graded ethanol solutions, stained with 0.5% cresyl violet (Acros Organics, Somerville, NJ), rinsed in water, dehydrated through graded ethanol solutions, cleared in xylenes (Fisher Scientific, Fair Lawn, NJ), and mounted with Permount (Fisher Scientific).
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