Table 2.
Behavioral data in the elevated plus maze, pawlick, tailflick, and defensive burying task.
| Behavioral measures | Condition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Gestationally-stressed | |||
| No acute stress | Acute stress | No acute stress | Acute stress | |
| Elevated plus maze—open arm time (s) | 25.4 ± 6.0 | 13.2 ± 4.5 | 10.3 ± 3.9 | 13.8 ± 6.6 |
| Pawlick—front paw latency (s) | 137.3 ± 14.3 | 125.7 ± 17.0 | 122.2 ± 10.9 | 106.2 ± 16.6 |
| Pawlick—back paw latency (s) | 167.0 ± 7.7 | 149.0 ± 12.6 | 149.0 ± 10.3 | 135.4 ± 15.9 |
| Tailflick—average latency (s) | 5.9 ± 0.4 | 5.3 ± 0.3 | 5.4 ± 0.6 | 6.1 ± 0.5 |
| Defensive burying—time spent burying (s) | 101.3 ± 40.4 | 87.5 ± 41.9 | 49.0 ± 28.0 | 46.2 ± 31.1 |
Data are expressed as mean + S.E.M. There were no significant effects of gestational or acute stress, or interactions of these variables, to report for these measures.