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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Biol. 2014 Apr 9;20(3):469–481. doi: 10.1111/adb.12139

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Intermittent-access 20% ethanol drinking alters emotional behavior after 30 minutes of access. A. The Ethanol compared to Water group showed reduced anxiety in an elevated plus maze, as indicated by increased time and number of entries in the open arm, but no difference in spontaneous locomotor behavior, as assessed by closed and total arm entries (Set 1, n = 8/group; Week 5 of ethanol access). B. The Ethanol group showed increased novelty-induced locomotor activity in an open field, as indicated by ambulatory counts, distance, and time (Set 2, n = 8/group; Week 4). C. The Ethanol and Water groups showed no significant differences in locomotor activity in a familiar open field, as assessed by ambulatory counts, distance, and time (Set 1, n = 8/group; Week 4 of ethanol access). ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, #p = 0.06 vs. Water Group.