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. 2023 Jun 9;6:624. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05003-w

Fig. 1. Treadmill exercise inactivates BLA projecting neurons in mPFC.

Fig. 1

a Time schedule of the experiment. b Total distance in the open field. One-way ANOVA, F(3,32) = 2.183, P = 0.1093. c Central duration in the open field. F(3,32) = 9.739, P = 0.0001. d Total distance in the elevated plus-maze. F(3,32) = 0.4678, P = 0.7068. e Time duration in the open arm. F(3,32) = 7.947, P = 0.0004. N = 9 mice in each group in (be). f Experimental schemes of retrograde labeling of BLA-projecting mPFC neurons. Upper panel, injection site of AAV-Retro-Cre in BLA. Lower panels, fluorescent images (left) and enlarged single neuron for cell attaching record (middle and right). Scale bar, 250 μm. g Representative traces of action potential under the fixed injection currents (150 pA). h Total spike number of BLA-projecting neurons under gradient depolarizing currents. Two-way ANOVA with respect to the group effect, F(3,710) = 50.84, P < 0.0001. n = 20 neurons from 4 mice in each group. i Representative traces of action potential under the fixed injection currents (150 pA). j Total spike number of non-BLA projecting neurons under gradient depolarizing currents. F(3,520) = 50.97, P < 0.0001. n = 13 neurons from 4 mice in each group. k Sample traces of miniature excitatory postsynaptic current (mEPSC). l Cumulative probability and comparison of means of mEPSC amplitude. One-way ANOVA, F(3,44) = 9.794, P < 0.0001. m Cumulative probability and means of mEPSC frequency. F(3,44) = 5.958, P = 0.0017. n Sample traces of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC). o Cumulative probability and comparison of means of mIPSC amplitude. One-way ANOVA, F(3,44) = 6.429, P = 0.0010. p Cumulative probability and means of mIPSC frequency. F(3,44) = 6.388, P = 0.0011. n = 12 neurons from 4 animals in each group in (l, m, o, p). q Sample traces of miniature excitatory postsynaptic current (mEPSC). r Cumulative probability and comparison of means of mEPSC amplitude. One-way ANOVA, F(3,54) = 5.125, P = 0.0034. s Cumulative probability and means of mEPSC frequency. F(3,54) = 0.03437, P = 0.9914. t Sample traces of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC). u Cumulative probability and comparison of means of mIPSC amplitude. One-way ANOVA, F(3,54) = 5.330, P = 0.0027. v Cumulative probability and means of mIPSC frequency. F(3,54) = 0.2435, P = 0.8656. n = 14 neurons from four animals in each group in (r, s, u, v). ns no significant difference; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ****P < 0.0001. All data were presented as mean ± sem.