Table 2.

Permanence time in the center area of open field (% of total time)

Exp. no.	Mean of controls	Gels 4	Gels 5	Gels 7	Gels 9	Gels 30	Buspirone	Control-A	Control-B
1	6.7	6.2	8.4	9.0	8.5	7.1	7.8	6.9	6.5
2	13.0	11.1	13.4	19.4	15.9	15.8	12.6	14.2	11.9
3	15.0	17.8	15.6	16.2	17.8	17.5	16.5	15.7	14.4
4	15.2	18.5	19.0	16.8	17.9	15.8	n.t.	16.7	13.7
5	17.5	13.8	16.3	18.3	19.1	18.2	14.7	18.1	16.8
6	14.3	11.2	14.8	16.4	12.5	17.8	19.4	14.9	13.6
No. of animals/group	96	48	48	48	48	48	40	48	48
Mean (S.E.M.)	13.6 (0.6)	13.1 (0.9)	14.6 (0.8)	16.0 (1.1)	15.3 (1.0)	15.4 (1.2)	14.2 (1.0)	14.5 (0.8)	12.8 (0.8)
ANOVA: for groups df = 8, F = 1.87, p = 0.063; for experiments df = 5, F = 30.1, p < 0.001; for groups * experiments df = 39, F = 0.75, p = 0.858

n.t. not tested