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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroendocrinol. 2012 Jul;24(7):1012–1029. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02311.x

Table 3.

Results of the Elevated Plus-Maze Test and Locomotor Activity Test in Experiment 1B.

Experiment 1B Vehicle
(n = 8)
0.1 mg / kg
Oxytocin
(n = 8)
1 mg/ kg
Oxytocin
(n = 8)
Elevated plus-maze
 Open arm time (%) 18.1 ± 5.7 21.3 ± 4.9 21.4 ± 11.1
 Open arm entries (n) 9.1 ± 2.5 10.6 ± 1.6 4.5 ± 0.6
 Total arm entries (n) 14.5 ± 3.4 16.5 ± 2.9 8.0 ± 1.1
 Risk assessment (s) 22.8 ± 8.3 24.3 ± 4.6 5.1 ± 1.6
Locomotor activity test
 Distance travelled (m) 24.2 ± 4.8 27.0 ± 3.5 20.1 ± 3.3

Data are represented as the mean ± SEM.