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. 2023 Aug 25;9(34):eadh9570. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9570

Fig. 8. Repetitive activation of DMHLepR neurons alters circadian locomotor activity in constant darkness.

Fig. 8.

(A and B) Representative actograms of LepR Cre animals bilaterally injected with (A) AAV-hSyn-DIO-mCherry or (B) AAV-hSyn-DIO-hM3Dq-mCherry and injected with CNO (0.3 mg/kg) at ~CT14 (solid blue line), under ad libitum, constant dark conditions with access to a running wheel. See fig. S12 (A and B) for actograms of all animals. (C) Twenty-four–hour total wheel revolutions of before, during, and after CNO injections at ~CT14 in constant dark condition (DD). Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA; n = 9 to 12 per group; Fvirust * time(29,551) = 2.468, P < 0.001. (D) Average wheel running activity induced by chemogenetic activation of DMHLepR neurons at ~CT14. Color coded time window is indicated in (A) and (B). Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA; n = 9 to 12 per group; Fvirust * time(140,2660) = 2.114, P < 0.001. (E and F) Representative actograms of LepR Cre animals bilaterally injected with (E) AAV-hSyn-DIO-mCherry or (F) AAV-hSyn-DIO-hM3Dq-mCherry and injected with CNO (0.3 mg/kg) at ~CT22 (solid blue line). See fig. S12 (C and D) for actograms of all animals. (G) Twenty-four–hour total wheel revolutions before, during, and after CNO injections at ~CT22 in DD. Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA; n = 9 to 12 per group; Fvirus (1,19) = 0.2061, P = 0.6550; Fvirus * time(29,551) = 0.7120, P = 0.8676. (H) Average wheel running activity induced by chemogenetic activation of DMHLepR neurons at ~CT22. Color-coded time window is indicated in (E-F). Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA; n = 8 to 12 per group; Fvirus(1,18) = 8.580, P = 0.0090; Fvirus * time(80,1440) = 2.029, P < 0.001. (I) Quantification of sustained activity for 5 days after cessation of CNO injections. Color-coded time window is indicated in (E) and (F). Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA; n = 8 to 12 per group; Fvirus * time(80,1440) = 1.745, P < 0.001. Data are represented as means ± SEM. ***P < 0.001; ns, not significant.