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. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e70415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070415

Table 1. Behavior data summary for Cx-mGluR5 in 129/C57 background.

Behavioral paradigm Measurement Male Female Genotype effect Gendereffect Male+Female Genotype effect
WT KO WT KO p value p value WT KO p value
Open Field total distance traveled (cm) 653.1±138.0 (15) 1566.0±182.3 (15) 1079.4±221.0 (16) 1543.7±356.2 (13) 0.004* 0.383 873.12±135.70 (31) 1555.61±188.19 (28) 0.004*
movement time (s) 500.8±57.3 (15) 815.1±45.1 (15) 627.0±68.6 (16) 825.0±72.8 (13) <0.001* 0.275 565.93±45.69 (31) 819.69±40.73 (28) <0.001*
movement speed (cm/s) 1.0±0.1 (15) 1.8±0.2 (15) 1.3±0.2 (16) 1.6±0.3 (13) 0.004* 0.721 1.11±0.12 (31) 1.67±0.14 (28) 0.004*
vertical activity 24.5±8.1 (15) 94.9±21.1 (15) 49.4±15.2 (16) 77.5±26.0 (13) 0.009* 0.836 37.32±8.93 (31) 86.82±16.32 (28) 0.008
center zone distance (cm) 53.7±18.6 (15) 118.9±42.1 (15) 102.9±44.8 (16) 225.6±100.1 (13) 0.097 0.165 79.11±24.80 (31) 168.16±51.63 (28) 0.114
center zone duration (s) 28.4±6.4 (15) 39.0±10.2 (15) 34.4±9.6 (16) 66.1±21.7 (13) 0.096 0.190 31.53±5.77 (31) 51.61±11.51 (28) 0.114
center distance ratio 0.06±0.02 (15) 0.07±0.02 (15) 0.06±0.01 (16) 0.10±0.03 (13) 0.269 0.538 0.06±0.01 (31) 0.08±0.02 (28) 0.285
RotoRod latency to fall (s) trial 1 90.6±11.6 (11) 68.9±12.0 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.210 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 2 149.6±19.1 (11) 77.3±20.1 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.017* n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 3 155.2±22.9 (11) 128.2±26.9 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.451 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 4 163.5±23.1 (11) 135.8±25.6 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.432 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 5 197.4±26.9 (11) 187.4±24.3 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.788 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 6 220.4±22.2 (11) 201.2±30.4 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.612 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 7 230.8±26.4 (11) 204.3±30.4 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.516 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) trial 8 234.3±23.5 (11) 227.6±27.6 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.855 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) day 1 139.68±20.97 (11) 102.55±23.13 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.171 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
latency to fall (s) day 2 220.70±24.33 (11) 205.13±27.58 (10) n.a. n.a. 0.234 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Prepulse Inhibition % PPI at 74 dB prepulse 29.9±6.1 (25) 21.8±6.2 (20) 16.3±4.2 (14) 16.0±6.9 (14) 0.285 0.135 25.02±4.26 (39) 19.42±4.56 (34) 0.373
% PPI at 78 dB prepulse 51.0±6.4 (25) 42.2±6.7 (20) 30.4±5.1 (14) 28.1±6.7 (14) 0.513 0.012* 43.60±4.74 (39) 36.41±4.87 (34) 0.295
% PPI at 82 dB prepulse 65.9±4.7 (25) 61.3±5.3 (20) 49.1±5.5 (14) 46.9±7.0 (14) 0.418 0.007* 59.88±3.78 (39) 55.36±4.34 (34) 0.433
normalized startle response (A.U./g body weight) 664.2±103.6 (25) 934.4±135.9 (20) 700.6±91.5 (14) 686.6±98.4 (14) 0.549 0.377 677.29±73.34 (39) 832.36±90.96 (34) 0.184
Homecage total activity in dark phase(# beam breaks) 3054.4±206.3 (14) 3395.6±279.2 (14) n.a. n.a. 0.335 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
total activity in light phase(# beam breaks) 1196.4±109.1 (14) 1386.9±196.6 (14) n.a. n.a. 0.405 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Values are listed as mean ± SEM (number of animals analyzed). Abbreviations: A.U., arbitrary unit;

*

, p<0.05.