Figure 2. Effects of oxytocin receptor knockdown in the dorsal raphe on maternal caregiving behaviors.
Percentage of dams with pup loss (A) and dam body weight change (G) of scrambled-vector treated (Scrambled) and shRNA-vector treated (OTRKD) mothers. Frequency of mothers in the nest (B), nursing (C), nursing in a kyphotic posture (D), non-pup directed behavior (E), perioral activity (F), and ingestive behaviors (G) by Scrambled and OTRKD dams. All data are presented as Mean ± SEM. * above bars indicates significant differences between groups, p < 0.05.