Total RNA was extracted from anterdorsal bed nuceleus of the stria terminalis microdissections using the RNAqueous Micro Isolation kit (Invitrogen; AM1931) and following manufacturer's instructions. RNA was sent to JPSulzberger Columbia Genome Center for library prep and sequencing. The Center uses STRPOLYA which enriches mRNA through a poly-A pull down method. All transcripts that were pulled down were prepared with the TruSeq Stranded mRNA Library Prep Kit (Illumina).