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. 2023 May 15;14:2771. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38475-9

Fig. 7. Motor behavior and social behavior in adult Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl conditional knockout mice.

Fig. 7

ac A tremor in freely moving mice. Control: N = 10 (5 female/5 male); Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl: N = 13 (6 f/7 m). a Power spectrum of tremor in control and Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl conditional knockout mice. b Mean tremor power between 0 and 30 Hz was lower in Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl mice compared to control mice (p = 0.039; d = 0.90). c Maximum tremor power was not different between Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl conditional knockouts and control mice (p = 0.276; d = 0.63). dg Ambulatory activity in the open field assay. Control: N = 11 (6 f/5 m); Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl: N = 13 (6 f/7 m). Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl mice had lower (in d) total movement time (p = 0.03; d = 0.86), f horizontal activity count (p = 0.008; d = 1.03), and g vertical activity count (p = 0.004; d = 1.11) compared to control mice, but no difference in (e) total distance traveled (p = 0.116; d = 0.65). h Rotarod performance. Control: N = 10 (6 f/4 m); Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl: N = 13 (6 f/7 m). Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl mice fell off the rotarod faster than control mice (p = 0.017), but the group difference was only significant on the first day (p = 0.016; d = 0.83) and third training day (p = 0.025; d = 0.73), but not the second training day (p = 0.062; d = 0.58). i Three-chamber socialization assay. Control: N = 11 (6 f/5 m); Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl: N = 13 (6 f/7 m). There was no difference between Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl mice and control mice in the total time spent with a mouse (p = 0.404; d = 0.08) or an object (p = 0.948; d = 0.13), and both groups spent more time with the mouse than the object (control: p < 0.001; Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl: p < 0.001 in a two-sided paired t-test). A two-sided unpaired t-test was used to test for statistical significance unless otherwise noted. Black circles and squares represent data points from control mice; reddish purple circles and squares represent data points from Atoh1Cre/+;Vglut2fl/fl mice. Squares represent data points from male mice, circles represent data points from female mice. Source data and detailed statistical results are available and provided as a Source Data file.