. 2012 Oct 31;7(10):e48083. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048083

Table 1. Elevated plus maze (EPM) results after mice were exposed to predators for different times starting 24 h following eCG injection.

Time post-initiation of stress	Treatment	Mice examined	Open arm		Closed arm
			Time (s)	Entries	Time (s)	Entries
15 min	Control	15	53.9±5.4^a	20.6±2.5^a	157.5±14.3^a	24.2±4.6^a
	Stressed	16	7.4±1.8^b	3.7±1.0^b	267.6±5.5^b	11.1±2.0^b
17 h	Control	18	48.8±5.6^a	21.2±2.8^a	155.9±11.6^a	30.2±2.9^a
	Stressed	20	15.7±3.2^b	10.7±2.2^b	219.4±9.1^b	21.0±3.1^b
19 h	Control	17	63.2±4.3^a	24.0±3.0^a	143.9±13.5^a	24.9±3.5^a
	Stressed	21	17.1±2.7^b	9.2±1.4^b	243.2±6.9^b	15.0±2.5^b
24 h	Control	13	58.6±4.8^a	16.2±2.0^a	157.9±8.8^a	24.8±1.7^a
	Stressed	14	22.5±5.7^b	8.8±1.4^b	216.4±10.1^b	21.5±2.8^a
24+1 h	Control	14	48.6±6.5^a	15.4±1.3^a	163.6±7.0^a	23.9±2.4^a
	Stressed	15	15.1±3.6^b	7.1±1.2^b	209.2±8.3^b	22.6±2.7^a

a–c: Values without a common letter in their superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05) within columns.