Table 3.
Duration and frequency of the intruders’ behavior during the defeat phase of social defeat.
Behavior | Duration | Frequency | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Acute | Repeated | Acute | Repeated | |
Reactive coping | ||||
Sniffing bedding | 5.8±2.9 | 6.7±5.3 | 1.9±0.9 | 2.0±1.3 |
Freezing | 42.6±16.1 | 115.7±30.7* | 2.5±0.7 | 7.9±2.1* |
Full submission | 10.2±2.8 | 12.1±2.8 | 2.5±0.8 | 1.7±0.2 |
Sideways submission | 2.8±1.4 | 5.3±1.6 | 0.9±0.3 | 1.7±0.5 |
Passive genital sniff | 25.0±6.7 | 32.5±7.3 | 7.6±1.6 | 7.4±1.1 |
Genital sniff | 2.1±0.9 | 0.0±0.0 | 1.1±0.5 | 0.0±0.0* |
Proactive coping | ||||
Rearing | 43.8±10.4 | 16.3±4.8* | 11.4±2.9 | 3.2±0.9* |
Defensive burying | 0.2±0.1 | 0.0±0.0 | 0.2±0.1 | 0.0±0.0 |
Aggression | 0.3±0.2 | 0.2±0.2 | 0.3±0.1 | 0.1±0.1 |
Escape | 0.7±0.3 | 1.8±1.2 | 0.7±0.3 | 2.6±1.2 |
Upright defensive behavior | 153.4±37.9 | 182.3±53.7 | 13.9±2.2 | 9.8±1.6 |
Social interaction | 13.7±3.0 | 4.2±2.1* | 4.6±1.0 | 1.3±0.5* |
Neutral | ||||
Locomotion | 30.5±5.3 | 4.5±1.0*** | 13.9±2.2 | 2.9±0.8** |
Self-grooming | 20.0±6.7 | 12.7±5.6 | 2.5±0.9 | 1.4±0.6 |
Inactivity | 34.2±12.7 | 55.2±17.1 | 3.1±0.9 | 10.7±2.7** |
P<0.05;
P<0.01;
P<0.001. Values are presented as mean±S.E.M.