Table 1. Main statistical results corresponding to behavioral tests.
%internal ambulation (OF) | Total ambulation (OF) | Rearing frequency (OF) | DI (NOT) | Exploration 30 s (NOT) | %open arms entries (EPM) | Closed arms entries (EPM) | ||||||||
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F1,83 | p-value | F1,83 | p-value | F1,83 | p-value | F1,78 | p-value | F1,78 | p-value | F1,25 | p-value | F1,25 | p-value | |
Litter | 9.29 | <0.005 | 0.22 | ns | 4.09 | <0.05 | 4.62 | <0.05 | 4.88 | <0.05 | 0.20 | ns | 8.03 | <0.01 |
Sex | 6.01 | <0.05 | 15.21 | <0.005 | 37.95 | <0.005 | 8.78 | <0.01 | 0.09 | ns | - | - | - | - |
MD | 12.70 | <0.005 | 0.31 | ns | 4.80 | <0.05 | 3.48 | ns | 0.73 | ns | 0.19 | ns | 0.50 | ns |
Leptin | 5.67 | <0.05 | 0.23 | ns | 1.33 | ns | 0.40 | ns | 0.59 | ns | 2.61 | ns | 1.89 | ns |
Sex x MD | 0.31 | <0.05 | 0.05 | ns | 1.06 | ns | 0.04 | ns | 4.41 | <0.05 | - | - | - | - |
Sex x Leptin | 0.27 | ns | 0.67 | ns | 0.50 | ns | 0.27 | ns | 0.03 | ns | - | - | - | - |
MD x Leptin | 0.31 | ns | 8.34 | <0.01 | 9.47 | <0.005 | 0.53 | ns | 0.32 | ns | 0.94 | ns | 0.65 | ns |
Sex x MD x Leptin | 1.97 | ns | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | ns | 1.35 | ns | 0.71 | ns | - | - | - | - |
Main significant results extracted from the three-way ANCOVA (litter was considered as a covariate factor). See material and methods section for details.