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. 2021 Aug 11;596(7873):553–557. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03814-7

Extended Data Fig. 4. Controls for DREADDi-based impairment of oxytocin system during acquisition of pup retrieval behaviour.

Extended Data Fig. 4

a, Recordings in female mouse PVN brain slices. Left, current-clamp whole-cell recording from OT-PVN neuron expressing DREADDi-mCherry before (top) and after (bottom) CNO bath administration. Right, summary of chemogenetic suppression of OT-PVN neuronal firing in brain slices (‘hM4D(Di)-mCherry’ baseline firing rate before CNO: 8.8±1.7 Hz, after CNO: 0.6±0.1 Hz, n=7 cells from N=4 mice; ‘mCherry’ baseline firing rate before CNO: 4.8±0.6 Hz, after CNO: 5.0±0.9 Hz, n=8 cells from N=3 mice; two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s correction for multiple comparisons, p=0.0002 between baseline and CNO for hM4D(Di)-mCherry, p=0.9 between baseline and CNO for mCherry). Error bars, SEM. b, CNO in retrieving females that expressed DREADDi did not affect retrieval rates (baseline retrieval: 76.0±9.2%, N=5; CNO: 72.0±18.8%, N=5; saline: 92.0±8.0%, N=5; repeated measures ANOVA, p=0.332). Error bars, SEM.