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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Neurosci. 2015 May 7;10(5):561–570. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1040893

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Graph showing the effect of OXTR knockdown on alloparental behavior. (A) Scrambled Oxtr control females spend more time licking and grooming pups than shRNA-pvOxtr females. (B) Scrambled Oxtr control females showed normal variation in propensity to engage in alloparental behavior, with about 60% showing spontaneous nurturing care. However, shRNA-pvOxtr females displayed inhibited alloparental care, indicating that decreased OXTR expression in the NAcc is directly related to decrease alloparental behavior. Asterisk represents a p-value less than 0.05. Data are represented as mean ± SEM.