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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurosci. 2013 Nov 28;39(4):650–662. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12429

Table 2.

Untransformed means (sem) for measures of behavior

Singing behaviors Cannula tip out of mPOA Cannula tip in mPOA
Time spent singing (secs) SAL SKF SAL SKF
sexually-motivated (with female) 177.75 (53.03) 126.12 (36.45) 84.97 (49.61) 210.41 (34.10)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 30.40 (24.78) 39.46 (20.29) 69.21 (23.18) 31.75 (18.98)
Latency to sing (secs)
sexually-motivated (with female) 257.86 (112.68) 318.93 (85.70) 393.94 (105.40) 134.00 (80.16)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 684.36 (124.03) 651.86 (134.32) 554.25 (116.02) 554.13 (125.64)
Nesting behaviors Cannula tip out of mPOA Cannula tip in mPOA
Gathering nest material
sexually-motivated (with female) 4.14 (3.43) 3.86 (2.62) 10.75 (3.21) 6.50 (2.46)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 4.71 (2.82) 3.14 (2.09) 2.63 (2.64) 4.38 (1.96)
Entering nest box
sexually-motivated (with female) 7.86 (2.22) 5.14 (1.48) 4.25 (2.08) 6.25 (1.38)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 2.00 (1.42) 3.00 (1.63) 2.00 (1.33) 1.88 (1.52)
Nonspecific behaviors Cannula tip out of mPOA Cannula tip in mPOA
Preening SAL SKF SAL SKF
sexually-motivated (with female) 11.00 (6.53) 10.86 (3.63) 12.13 (6.10) 4.25 (3.39)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 14.86 (4.89) 15.29 (5.53) 17.75 (4.58) 13.25 (5.18)
Beak wiping
sexually-motivated (with female) 27.29 (8.18) 44.43 (10.33) 33.88 (7.66) 28.25 (9.66)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 57.57 (10.89) 48.86 (7.97) 42.38 (10.18) 34.88 (7.45)
Feeding
sexually-motivated (with female) 1.86 (1.42) 2.86 (1.27) 6.38 (1.33) 4.50 (1.19)
agonistically-motivated (with male) 4.29 (1.47) 3.71 (1.60) 6.75 (1.38) 4.00 (1.50)