(A) Body-weight gain in female C57BL6/J mice on a HFD after AAV delivery into cingulate (n = 10 scramble and 9 shRNA-Esrra), orbitofrontal (n = 9 scramble and 10 shRNA-Esrra), or mPFC (n = 9 scramble and 11 shRNA-Esrra).
(B) Intake of a HFD after Esrra knockdown in mPFC.
(C) A separate cohort of mice received AAV into mPFC and was tested for total lever presses and reward earned.
(D and E) Mice from (A) were tested for home-cage grooming (D) and immobility in the forced-swim test (E).
Data presented as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 indicate significant differences between groups (ANOVA [A] or Student’s t test [B–E]). See also Figure S2.