In the non-stressed female mice, intracisternal injection of AAV-VEGFC promoted meningeal lymphatic growth without affecting the aforementioned behaviors (Supplementary Fig. 5a–m), suggesting that enhancement of meningeal lymphatics per se was not sufficient to alter depression- or anxiety-like behaviors in female mice, but rather, increased their resilience to stress. The gene discussed is VEGFC; the disease is depressive symptom measurement.