Behavioral assessment of the vestibular syndrome of oxytocin-treated animals. (A) Qualitative assessment of the vestibular syndrome over postlesion days of control UVN rats (NaCl in black, n = 8) and oxytocin-treated UVN rats (OT in red, n = 7). (B) Assessment of the distance traveled by UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats in the open field. (C) Assessment of the mean velocity by UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats in the open-field. (D) Assessment of the % of time immobile by UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats in the open-field. (E) Mean number of ipsilesional (left) arena rotations by UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats in the open-field. (F) Mean number of ipsilesional body rotations by UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats in the open-field. Error bars represent standard error of the mean (SEM). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. A significant difference from the preoperative value is indicated by * in black for the UVN-NaCl group and in red for the UVN-OT group. A significant difference between the UVN-NaCl and UVN-OT rats is indicated by # in purple.