Table 1.
Control measures in Nrcam +/+ and −/− mice. Data shown are means ± SEM for body weight at the beginning of the study, performance on an elevated plus maze, and olfactory ability in a buried-food test.
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/+ | −/− | +/+ | −/− | |
| Number of subjects | 28 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Body weight (g) | 21 ± 0.4 | 22 ± 0.8 | 18 ± 0.6 | 17±0.5 |
| Elevated plus mazea | ||||
| Percent open arm time | 30 ± 4 | 27 ± 6 | 24 ± 4 | 31 ± 5 |
| Percent open arm entries | 28 ± 3 | 22 ± 5 | 25 ± 4 | 29 ± 4 |
| Total number of entries | 21 ± 1 | 16 ± 2 | 17 ± 2 | 19 ± 3 |
| Olfactory test | ||||
| Latency to find food (sec) | 613 ± 66 | 551 ± 90 | 528 ± 84 | 596 ± 77 |
| Percent of group finding food | 46% | 47% | 56% | 50% |
a
Data were removed for one female Nrcam−/− mouse that remained on one open arm for the entire 5-min test.