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. 2021 Jan 21;11:2061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81548-2

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Field relevant concentrations of neonicotinoids disrupt the day/night remodelling and PDF cycling in the s-LNv clock neuron dorsal terminals. (a) Representative confocal images of the s-LNv dorsal terminals for control and treated (50 µg/L IM or CLO) flies in the day (ZT2 i.e. 11am) and night (ZT14 i.e. 11 pm). (b) s-LNv dorsal terminal branching complexity is greater in the day than at night for control flies (t17 = 2.3, p = 0.036). The day/night differences in complexity is removed in flies exposed to 50 µg/L of IM (t14 = 2.1, p = 0.055) or CLO (t15 = 2.1, p = 0.052). (c) Accumulation of PDF in dorsal terminals is greater in the day than at night in control flies (t17 = 2.9, p = 0.010), treatment with 50 µg/L IM (t13 = 1.0, p = 0.332) or CLO (t14 = 2.1, p = 0.054) removed this day/night difference in PDF levels. Each data point represents a single brain, n = 6–15 brains.