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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2012 Mar 22;46(4):377–387. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.10.003

Table 1.

List of variables for which statistical comparisons of the means ± SEMs obtained from Narp WT (n=11) and KO (n=8) mice failed to indicate significant genotypic differences in behavior (i.e., Genotype effects or interactions, p>0.05).

Variable
WT KO
Day 1 Alcohol Dose-Intake Function (g/kg)

0% 131.8 ± 28.1 99.4 ± 33.0
3% 1.57 ± 0.3 0.42 ± 0.4
6% 5.0 ± 1.4 4.9 ± 1.6
12% 7.1 ±1.7 8.6 ± 2.0

Day 1 Alcohol Preference-Intake Function (% total
fluid intake)

0% 42.6 ± 5.1% 33.9 ± 5.7%
3% 15.4 ± 2.3% 5.2 ± 2.7%
6% 24.2 ± 6.9% 32.8 ± 8.1%
12% 17.8 ± 4.8% 28.1 ± 5.6%

Mean Alcohol Preference-Intake Function Across
Drinking Days (% total fluid intake)

0% 32.9 ± 8.4% 39.9 ± 9.8%
3% 17.7 ± 1.8% 5.4 ± 2.1%
6% 26.1 ± 6.5% 30.94 ± 7.6%
12% 23.6 ± 4.1% 23.7 ± 4.8%

Spontaneous Motor Behavior

Novel Environment: Distance (m) 19.2 ± 2.0 17.3 ± 2.0
Novel Environment: Immobility (sec) 17.2 ± 2.7 15.1 ± 5.8
PreTest: Distance (m) 16.5 ± 1.7 11.8 ± 2.4
PreTest: Immobility (sec) 296.4 ± 39.5 348.9 ± 78.1
Saline Injection 1: Distance (m) 8.1 ± 1.1 6.1 ± 1.2
Δ Locomotion across saline inj’s (m) −3.1 ± 1.7 −4.0 ± 1.0

Alcohol-induced Motor Behavior Injection 1: Distance (m) 3.5 ± 1.3 5.6 ± 1.3

Injection 1: Immobility (sec) 787.8 ± 41.0 679.6 ± 63.05
Δ Locomotion across alcohol inj’s (m) 9.0 ± 2.7 7.9 ± 3.9
Δ Immobility across alcohol inj’s (sec) −291.5 ± 94.7 −269.7 ± 118.3