Table 3: Mean score using open field performance method:
| Drugs (n=6 ) |
Mean scores and SEM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulation(numbers) |
Rearing (counts) |
Preening (counts) |
Defecation (counts) |
||
| Peripheral squares | Central squares | ||||
| Group-I (5% gum acacia) |
25.2±3.2 | 0.5±0.34 | 5.7±1.4 | 1.3±0.80 | 2.8±0.31 |
| Group-II (Diazepam 2 mg/kg) |
101.7±31** | 9±4.3* | 33.2±8.6** | 9±0.82** | 1.3±0.49** |
| Group-III (A.Aspera extract 400 mg/kg) |
97±9.5** | 35.2±5.6** | 31.7±3.8** | 3.7±0.42** | 1±0.52** |