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Fig. 2

From: Opposing effects of antibiotics and germ-free status on neuropeptide systems involved in social behaviour and pain regulation

Fig. 2

Effects of post-weaning antibiotic treatment on the gene expression of neuropeptides implicated in social behaviour. Data are plotted as mean expression (relative to the control group) ± SEM for Pomc, Oxt and Avp (encoding the peptides pro-opiomelanocortin, oxytocin and vasopressin respectively) and all comparisons are with n = 8 per group. Two-sample t-tests have 14 degrees of freedom (df) and asterisks denote P < 0.05. Note that Oxt was only detectable in the hypothalamus, its site of production

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