Table 3.
Behavior during the acclimation and open field phases of testing immediately before social interaction testing
Acclimation phase | Open field phase | ||||
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interaction zone | corner zone | center zone | distance (m) | ||
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females | vehicle (n=9) | 108.5±9.8 | 9.2±3.4 | 37.3±4.7 | 22.7±2.8 |
2.5mg/kg(n=7) | 118.1±6.6 | 7.1±0.9 | 26.2±4.1 | 21.3±2.9 | |
5mg/kg(n=12) | 122.5±7.0 | 5.5±1.2 | 32.6±5.9 | 26.5±1.7 | |
10mg/kg(n=6) | 94.6±17.9 | 6.0±2.2 | 33.9±4.4 | 23.3±3.3 | |
males | vehicle (n=10) | 102.6±8.3 | 3.8±1.0 | 37.0±7.0 | 27.2±2.6 |
2.5mg/kg(n=8) | 106.8±11.5 | 6.0±1.6 | 35.7±7.4 | 27.4±4.2 | |
5mg/kg(n=9) | 97.6±7.1 | 6.1±1.9 | 25.7±3.7 | 22.4±2.4 | |
10mg/kg(n=7) | 94.8±12.1 | 5.6±1.3 | 25.0±2.5 | 27.4±5.8 |