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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2007 Nov 19;179(1):359–364. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.090

Table 2.

Effects of RTx on behavior in normal and PNT rats

Licking behavior (Score)
Freezing behavior (Score)
Treatment n 0–5 6–10 11–15 (Min) 0–5 6–10 11–15(Min)
Normal rats
 Vehicle 5 6 [6–8] 1 [0–5] 2 [1–2] 0 [0–0] 0 [0–0] 0 [0–1]
 RTx 3μM 5 33 [33–34]* 15 [14–20]* 5 [4–5] 8 [4–10]* 13 [12–14]** 10 [3–12]
PNT rats
 Vehicle 6 4 [2–4] 2 [1–2] 2 [1–4] 0 [0–0] 0 [0–0] 0 [0–0]
 RTx 3μM 5 12 [10–12]## 17 [16–24]** 13 [10–15]** 0 [0–2] # 10 [4–12]* 9 [4–27]**
PNT rats - Water unloaded
 RTx 3μM 5 6 [5–8] 10 [10–12] $& 8 [3–9]$ 0 [0–1] 3 [3–6] & & 4 [2–4] & &

The number (Score) of licking (A) or freezing behavior (B) was counted for each 5 min period (0–5, 5–10 or 10–15 min) after vehicle or RTx treatment in each rat. Each data represents the median value and interquartile range (in parentheses) obtained from 5–6 rats.

*

P<0.05,

**

P<0.01: compared to the vehicle group.

#

P<0.05,

##

P<0.01: compared to the RTx 3μM group in normal rats.

$

P<0.05: compared to the RTx 3μM group in PNT rats.

&

P<0.05,

&&

P<0.01: compared to the vehicle group in PNT rats. (Wilcoxon rank sum test)