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. 2020 Feb 28;11:1119. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14801-3

Fig. 5. During adversity-rearing, pup LFP response to specific maternal behaviors is decreased.

Fig. 5

a While milk ejection increased pups’ oscillatory power in the theta and gamma ranges, these inputs failed to modulate oscillations in the same pups during maltreatment. Left, log LFP power; b LFP power normalized to LFP during nonnutritive nursing (between milk ejections, “baseline”). c Grooming failed to modulate pup cortical oscillations when this occurred within adversity-rearing. Data normalized to baseline are shown in (d) and (e). Specific oscillatory responses to maternal behavior during actual rough handling (i.e., during stepping on pup or dragging pups) differed minimally between the control and adversity-reared conditions, limited to the delta range, shown normalized in (f). g Cortical theta-gamma coupling was more reliably observed during bouts of adversity-rearing. *p < 0.05, ANOVA. Error bars = SEM. Dashed line = no change from baseline (non-nutritive nursing LFP power). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.