Table 2.

Sexually mature males and females display a strongly dimorphic response in several behavioral paradigms.

Behavior	Parameter	1F : 1M	5F : 5M
Open field arena	mean distance moved		⇩**
	mean turn angle		⇧*
	mean velocity		⇩**
	duration not moving
	frequency not moving
	duration escape		⇩*
	frequency escape		⇩**
Light-Dark box	time in light	⇩*
	transitions		⇧****
Forced Swim Test	# bouts	⇧*
	duration bouts
	latency bouts	⇩*
Ethanol sensitivity	sedation		⇩****
	recovery

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001,

^****p < 0.0001,

Student’s unpaired t tests, comparing immature females and males (1F : 1M) and mature females and males (5F : 5M). Direction of arrow indicates whether the assayed behavior increased (up arrow) or decreased (down arrow). n = 30 for each population (40 for locomotion).