“…Further, to block endogenous peroxidase activity free floating sections were quenched in PBS containing 3% H 2 O 2 and 10% methanol during gentle agitation. Sections were thereafter first pre-incubated in 5% normal horse or goat serum (Vector laboratories, Burlingame, CA) containing 0.25% Triton-X in PBS, followed by overnight incubation with well-established and specific primary antibodies against either CaMKIIα (mouse, 1: 2000; ab22609; 6G9; Abcam, Cambridge, UK; Jarome et al, 2013; Zhong et al, 2014; Tada et al, 2016; Leroy et al, 2017; Roy et al, 2017) or ΔFosB (Rabbit, 1:5000; SC-48X; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, Tx; Djakovic et al, 2012; Sanz-Blasco et al, 2018). On the second day sections were incubated using an appropriate biotinylated secondary antibody (1:250 horse anti mouse BA2001 for CaMKIIα and 1:250 goat anti rabbit BA1000 for ΔFosB; Vector Laboratories,) for one hour followed by one hour incubation in avidin-biotin peroxidase in PBS (ABC Elite Kit, Vector Laboratories).…”