Table 2.
Summary of behavioral phenotypes of NPBWR1 knockout mice (modified from Nagata-Kuroiwa et al., 2011).
| Behavioral test | Parameter | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Open field test | Anxiety | Normal time spent in center of arena |
| Elevated plus maze test | Anxiety | Normal time spent and number of entries in open arms |
| Light-dark exploration test | Anxiety | Decrease in escape latency and time spent in light box |
| Porsolt forced swim test | Depression, learning helplessness | Normal time spent swimming |
| Prepulse inhibition test | Sensory motor reactivity | Normal percentage of prepulse inhibition |
| Marble burying behavior test | Compulsive behavior | Normal number of marbles buried |
| Cued and contextual fear conditioning test | Fear and memory | Decrease in time of freezing behavior during contextual testing while normal during auditory-cued testing |
| Morris water maze test | Spatial memory | Normal escape latency |
| Resident-intruder test | Social interaction | Abnormal social interaction (see text) |
| Stress-induced hyperthermia | Stress response | Exaggerated hyperthermia |
| Daily locomotor activity | Circadian rhythm | Normal in both light/dark cycle and constant dark condition. Normal entrainment by food or light |
| Sleep-wake behavior (EEG/EMG) | Sleep/wake cycle | Normal in each episode duration, times spent in each state in hourly sleep/wake analysis |