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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2014 Feb 7;264:74–81. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.053

Table 2.

Summary of behavioral and motor tests

WT Fgfr1 HET Fgf8 HET Fgfr1/Fgf8 HET
EPM % Open entries 19.93 ± 5.82 15.51 ± 4.06 8.77 ± 3.61 24.80 ± 7.33
% Closed entries 80.07 ± 5.82 81.78 ± 4.65 91.23 ± 3.61 75.20 ± 7.33
OF Total distance traveled (cm) 4982 ± 185 4756 ± 284 4691 ± 179 4467 ± 178
LD Total distance traveled in light compartment (cm) 1886 ± 92 1787 ± 107 1684 ± 117 1763 ± 119
Latency to enter dark compartment (s) 9.00 ± 1.68 7.19 ± 1.24 5.90 ± 0.81 8.33 ± 1.40
Total number transitions (#) 28.8 ± 1.17 25.44 ± 1.87 25.18 ± 1.28 27.68 ± 1.46
% Time in light compartment 52.71 ± 3.55 48.31 ± 3.62 47.18 ± 3.11 49.09 ± 2.98
Grip Test Latency to fall (s) 54.29 ± 3.48 49.25 ± 5.47 58.75 ± 0.996 52.00 ± 3.36

No significant differences between genotypes were found for any behavior or motor task listed in this table. EPM, OF, LD (n = 14–15 WT, n = 14–16 Fgfr1 HET, n = 16–22 Fgf8 HET, n = 13–19 Fgfr1/Fgf8 HET). Grip test (n = 7 WT, n = 8 Fgfr1 HET, n = 8 Fgf8 HET, n = 14 Fgfr1/Fgf8 HET). Values represent the mean ± SEM.