Table 1.
Behavior test | Normalized data | Day | N group | NEA group | M group | MNEA group | MEA group |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Field Test | Horizontal movement | 23th | 0.76 ± 0.17 | 0.70 ± 0.17 | 0.23 ± 0.07*** | 0.17 ± 0.05*** | 0.24 ± 0.09*** |
29th | 0.40 ± 0.10 | 0.44 ± 0.05 | 0.03 ± 0.01** | 0.06 ± 0.02** | 0.20 ± 0.03*# | ||
Vertical movement | 23th | 0.64 ± 0.04 | 0.65 ± 0.22 | 0.33 ± 0.08* | 0.22 ± 0.08* | 0.23 ± 0.06* | |
29th | 0.27 ± 0.09 | 0.35 ± 0.15 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.21 ± 0.05 | 0.21 ± 0.05 | ||
Along-the-line movement | 23th | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.34 ± 0.13** | 0.12 ± 0.08** | 0.23 ± 0.08** | |
29th | 0.56 ± 0.03 | 0.58 ± 0.08 | 0.14 ± 0.08*** | 0.12 ± 0.05*** | 0.10 ± 0.06*** | ||
Sucrose consumption | 24th | 1.83 ± 0.17 | 1.90 ± 0.23 | 1.23 ± 0.20* | 1.20 ± 0.15* | 1.17 ± 0.15* | |
30th | 2.17 ± 0.13 | 2.44 ± 0.26 | 1.31 ± 0.13*** | 1.79 ± 0.10*# | 2.30 ± 0.06###△ |
The data showed that the normalized data of behavior test score after modeling and after treatment. M was UCMS group, MEA was UCMS target acupoints group, MNEA was UCMS non-target acupoints group, N was control group, NEA was control target acupoints group. The data were expressed as mean ± SEM in each group. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, vs. N group. #p < 0.05, ###p < 0.001 vs. M group. △p < 0.05, MNEA vs. MEA group. Normalized data = tested value on the 23rd, 24th, 29th or 30th day / tested value on -1th day or 0th day in same animal separately [19].