Table 3.
Overall Fluid intake (ml/100 g) and sucrose absolute (ml/100 g) and percent (%) intake during a three-bottle choice intake in adolescent rats classified as a high, medium or low anxiety responders, as function of their percent number of entries into the open arms of the elevated plus maze (EPM, left section); or as a function of the percent time spent on the center area of an open field (OF, right section of the table).
| Dependent variable
|
Percent number of entries into the open arms of the EPM
|
Percent time spent on the center of the OF
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Anxiety Group
|
Medium Anxiety Group
|
Low Anxiety Group
|
High Anxiety Group
|
Medium Anxiety Group
|
Low Anxiety Group
|
|
|
Overall Fluid Intake (ml/100g)
|
29.70±1.25
|
30.18±1.53
|
29.51±1.63
|
29.45±1.52
|
30.84±1.43
|
29.46±1.49
|
|
Sucrose Intake (ml/100g)
|
21.00±1.56
|
18.30±2.04
|
19.67±1.68
|
18.65±1.92
|
22.23±1.47
|
21.12±1.69
|
|
Sucrose Preference (%)
|
70.46±4.15
|
58.19±5.85
|
65.64±4.59
|
61.75±5.37
|
71.99±3.47
|
70.32±4.88
|
|
Ethanol Intake (g/kg/24h)
|
1.03±0.17
|
2.91±0.50
|
2.24±0.42
|
2.52±0.48
|
1.86±0.39
|
1.26±0.30
|
| Ethanol Preference (%) | 9.09±1,59 | 26.58±5.06 | 22.01±5.04 | 24.56±5.44 | 14.76±2.83 | 13.46±3.82 |