This manuscript describes a protocol that applies comprehensive profiling for analysis of transcriptional programs induced in specific brain nuclei of rodents following behavioral paradigms. Herein, this approach is illustrated in the context of profiling genes induced in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of mice following acute cocaine exposure, utilizing microfluidic qPCR arrays.
Turm, H., Mukherjee, D., Haritan, D., Tahor, M., Citri, A. Comprehensive Analysis of Transcription Dynamics from Brain Samples Following Behavioral Experience. J. Vis. Exp. (90), e51642, doi:10.3791/51642 (2014).