Table 4. Effects of 2-week finasteride without restraint on behavioral outcomes.

Mean ± S.E.M. for % time in the open arm on the elevated plus maze (left) and % time immobile on the forced swim test (right) after 2-week administration of finasteride (FIN) or vehicle (VEH) without restraint to the indicated groups of wild-type mice. Left, sex and age of experimental animals, Top, group designations. Pub, pubertal. Each row represents a different comparison within the behavioral sub-group. No comparisons were significantly different (7–10 mice/group).

Elevated plus maze Forced swim test
Sex	VEH	FIN	P value	VEH	FIN	P value
Female pub	36.1 ± 2.4	34.3 ± 1.4	0.53	57.2 ± 3.7	54.5 ± 1.8	0.58
Male pub	35.7 ± 2.6	36.5 ± 2.1	0.82	60.3 ± 4.7	66.9 ± 2.3	0.25
Female adult	31.0 ± 2.9	36.4 ± 2.4	0.18	59.2 ± 4.1	55.3 ± 2.4	0.44