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. 2016 Mar 7;10:84. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00084

Table 4.

ffect of Panax quinquefolius (GIN) on anxiety like behavior as represented by the Mirror Chamber Test performance and its interaction with GABA modulators in 72-h sleep deprived animals.

S. No Treatment Groups (mg/kg) Latency to enter mirror cube (seconds) Number of entries in mirror cube Time spent in mirror cube (seconds)
1 Naïve 55.41, 7.54 8.42, 1.23 89.13, 6.25
2 Control (SD-72 h) 174.40, 9.66a 1.27, 0.61a 24.08, 0.75a
3 GIN (50) 160.27, 8.91a 2.35, 0.42a 32.13, 4.43a
4 GIN (100) 99.56, 4.02b,c 5.62, 0.3b,c 53.34, 4.77b,c
5 GIN (200) 73.14, 6.04b,c 6.01, 0.4b,c 67.42, 5.14b,c
6 PTX (0.5) 176.62, 7.13a 1.39, 0.44a 26.14, 1.92a
7 PTX (0.5) + GIN (100) 161.26, 5.61a,d 1.97, 0.47a,d 31.43, 3.12a,d
8 FLU (0.5) 178.45, 5.01a 1.51, 0.44a 27.43, 2.12a
9 FLU (0.5) + GIN (100) 157.51, 6.64a,d 2.22, 0.88a,d 34.17, 3.22a,d
10 MUS (0.05) 165.23, 3.11a 2.01, 0.81a 30.71, 1.46a
11 MUS (0.05) + GIN (100) 67.43, 1.79b,d,e 9.62, 1.1b,d,e 82.34, 4.04b,d,e

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM.

a

p < 0.05 as compared with naive,

b

p < 0.05 as compared with control (SD-72),

c

p < 0.05 as compared with GIN (50 mg/kg),

d

p < 0.05 as compared with GIN (100 mg/kg),

e

p < 0.05 as compared with MUS (0.05 mg/kg).

(One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test). SD-72, Sleep deprivation of 72-h; GIN, Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng); PTX, Picrotoxin; FLU, Flumazenil; MUS, Muscimol.