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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2013 Mar 6;125(2):303–313. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12187

Table 1.

Behavioral performance of MCAT and WT mice in the rotorod, open field, elevated zero maze, fear conditioning, and novel object recognition tests.

Rotarod
Open Field
Fall Latency (s)
Time in Center (s)
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
WT 33.79 ± 2.83
41.74 ± 3.93
46.92 ± 4.11
145.32 ± 19.75
150.36 ± 16.29
130.16 ± 25.20
109.87 ± 24.08
MCAT 37.49 ± 4.33
42.83 ± 4.39
54.52 ± 5.41
120.42 ± 14.57
124.88 ± 10.79
69.11 ± 7.42
80.27 ± 11.48
Zeromaze
Distance Moved (cm)
Velocity (cm/s) Crossings* % Time in
Open*
Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4







WT 4.46 ± 0.15
29.56 ± 3.92
7.62 ± 1.08
6447.80 ± 429.98
4867.29 ± 271.37
3865.7415 ± 285.79
3763.43 ± 249.96
MCAT 4.47 ± 0.09
39.89 ± 3.39
14.40 ± 1.61
7186.97 ± 224.72
5284.29 ± 241.16
4374.05 ± 211.68
3199.96 ± 249.94
Fear Conditioning
Border Crossings
Training
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Tone 3
Tone 4
Tone 5




WT 6.02 ± 4.37
13.19 ± 8.87
13.75 ± 4.98
70.44 ± 6.24
65.89 ± 4.20
37.00 ±4.13
33.00 ±4.72
MCAT 10.60 ± 6.02
10.09 ± 5.91
27.18 ± 0.69
75.00 ±8.12
61.22 ±4.90
38.56 ±4.88
33.11 ±4.41



Novel Object
% Baseline
Freezing
% Context
Freezing*
%Cued
Freezing
Exploration Time (Old + Novel)
(seconds)
Time Exploring Novel Object
(%)
WT 0.99 ± 0.87
4.61 ± 1.44
22.02 ± 6.89
77.17 ± 11.40
61.34 ± 3.04
MCAT 0.10 ± 0.10
10.24 ± 1.68
31.08 ± 4.47
56.86 ± 5.68
56.16 ± 3.06