Table 5.
Transitions between compartments of light–dark test (n/5 min)
| Exp. no. | Mean of controls | Gels 4 | Gels 5 | Gels 7 | Gels 9 | Gels 30 | Buspirone | Control-A | Control-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 3 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| 4 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 11.5 | n.t. | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 5 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 9.9 |
| 6 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| No. of animals/group | 96 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 48 | 48 |
| Mean (S.E.M.) | 6.4 (0.4) | 7.5 (0.6) | 7.9 (0.6) | 7.4 (0.5) | 8.9 (0.6) | 8.7 (0.6) | 6.9 (0.4) | 6.3 (0.5) | 6.5 (0.6) |
| ANOVA: for groups df = 8, F = 3.29, p = 0.001; for experiments df = 5, F = 5.08, p < 0.001; for groups * experiments df = 39, F = 0.78, p = 0.820 | |||||||||
| Post hoca | – | 0.096 | 0.034 | 0.152 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.472 | 0.920 | 0.920 |
aPost hoc analysis (LSD) of the difference between the mean of each group with the mean of all controls
n.t. not tested