Table 4. Effects of fluorene on spontaneous alternation performances assessed in the Y-maze.
Variable | Restrained Controls | 1.5 ppb | 150 ppb | ANOVA | |
F(2, 35) | p | ||||
% Spontaneous alternation | 66.7±2.4 | 65.3±1.7 | 59.5±3.8 | 1.762 | n.s. |
Total arm entries | 32.6±1.6 | 35.8±1.3 | 32.5±1.9 | 1.264 | n.s. |
Number of arms visited/min | 3.3±0.2 | 3.6±0.1 | 3.3±0.2 | 1.264 | n.s. |
Number of arm entries (1st min) | 5.1±0.3 | 5.5±0.3 | 5.4±0.2 | 0.389 | n.s. |
Results are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. of n = 12 rats/group. Abbreviations: n.s., not significant.