Table 4.
Permanence time in lit area of light–dark test (% of total)
| Exp. no. | Mean of controls | Gels 4 | Gels 5 | Gels 7 | Gels 9 | Gels 30 | Buspirone | Control-A | Control-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.8 | 19.7 | 25.8 | 17.3 | 26.8 | 25.5 | 20.6 | 19.5 | 14.0 |
| 2 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 17.3 | 24.1 | 21.3 | 23.4 | 17.6 | 18.2 |
| 3 | 21.0 | 24.8 | 26.7 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 19.2 |
| 4 | 15.7 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 23.8 | 22.9 | n.t. | 13.4 | 17.9 |
| 5 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 26.1 | 18.8 | 30.6 | 19.8 | 26.3 |
| 6 | 13.8 | 21.2 | 17.1 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 11.9 | 15.7 |
| No. of animals/group | 96 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 48 | 48 |
| Mean (S.E.M.) | 18.0 (1.0) | 20.7 (1.4) | 21.7 (1.4) | 20.5 (1.4) | 24.4 (1.2) | 21.2 (1.3) | 23.1 (1.3) | 17.5 (1.2) | 18.5 (1.7) |
| ANOVA: for groups df = 8, F = 3.04, p = 0.002; for experiments df = 5, F = 3.94, p = 0.002; for groups * experiments df = 39, F = 0.79, p = 0.812 | |||||||||
| Post hoca | – | 0.111 | 0.032 | 0.146 | <0.001 | 0.064 | 0.005 | 0.755 | 0.755 |
aPost hoc analysis (LSD) of the difference between the mean of each group with the mean of all controls
n.t. not tested