Fig. 6
From: Paraventricular hypothalamic vasopressin neurons induce self-grooming in mice
Optogenetic activation of PVHAVP neurons causes self-grooming over social interaction with female mice. A Time courses of behaviors of 2 male mice expressing SSFO-EYFP in PVHAVP neurons after introducing a female mouse without or with blue-light illumination (2 s). The stimulation point is shown by a blue arrow and denoted as 0 min in the time course. B–G Time spent in social interaction (B) or self-grooming (C), number of social interaction (D) or self-grooming bouts (E), Mean duration of social interaction (F) or self-grooming bouts (G) for 10 min of male–female interaction test. Values are mean ± SEM; n = 4; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.001 by Welch's t-test