Fig. 3: Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) of rat’s brains.

a Visualization of WGCNA. b The top 20 genes screened by CytoHubba in MCC. c Correlation analysis among the hub genes. d Diagram of the correlation network between 12 genes (p value < 0.05). e The gene associated with Rexo2 and Fabp3. f Module identification by WGCNA. The heatmap colors are representative of the correlation between the module eigengenes and DM and DC. DM distance moved, DC duration in center. g–r The boxplots for core 12 gene expressions. *, **, *** indicates p value <0.05, <0.01, <0.001.