Journal: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Article Title: A20/TNFAIP3 heterozygosity predisposes to behavioral symptoms in a mouse model for neuropsychiatric lupus
doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100018
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 3. Behavioral phenotypes observed in A20þ/ female mice aggravate after immune challenge. (A) Overall spontaneous activity and; (B) activity during the dark period of female A20þ/ mice are significantly lower in comparison to wildtype littermates; (C) A20þ/ female mice display an anxiety-related phenotype as is evidenced from the open field experiment where they spent significantly less time in the center and; (D) more time in the periphery in comparison to wildtype littermates; (E) A normal startle response was observed in both genotypes, however; (F) A20þ/ female animals showed significantly higher startle reactivity when a prepulse was preceding the original startle tone. This is indicative for a sensorimotor gating impairment. Data are represented as meanSEMs and statistical differences were determined using repeated-measures two-way ANOVA using Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test for post hoc analysis (A, F), unpaired t-test (B, C, E), Mann Whitney test (D) and two-way ANOVA using Sidak’s multiple comparisons test for post hoc analysis (F); (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01).
Article Snippet: Disease-associated phenotypes: Startle reactivity and prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle reflex were measured using a Med Associates acoustic startle box (St. Albans, VT, USA) as described previously (Naert et al., 2011b).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY