Figure 10.

ERK5 icKO mice do not show more anxiety in the sucrose preference test. Mice were habituated to freely accessible plain drinking water and 1% sucrose water for 3 d. Then, after 16 h of water deprivation, they were given access to both plain and sucrose water for 24 h. The consumption from each bottle was measured after the first 20 min of the test and again at the end of the test. A, Percentage of sucrose water consumption at 20 min. B, Percentage of sucrose water consumption at the end of the 24 h test. C, Total consumption from the two bottles in 24 h. n.s., Not significant.