Fig. 3: Expression of the AVP and OXT genes in WD and subsequent rehydration.

Relative mRNA expression levels of mature mRNA and heteronuclear RNA of AVP and OXT in rostral SON (a) and caudal SON (b) were detected by qRT-PCR. Results are illustrated by box and whisker plots with each individual value as a superimposed triangle (control: green; WD: yellow; rehydrated: blue). Whiskers represent the minimum and maximum values within a group. The median is shown as a line in the centre of the box. Data was analysed by using Brown-Forsythe and Welch one-way ANOVA with Dunnett T3 post-hoc test. *padj ≤ 0.05, **padj ≤ 0.01, ***padj ≤ 0.001.