Table 4. Differences between male and female mice in the open field test (arithmetic means ± SEM).
parameter | WT | WTNH4Cl | kl/klNH4Cl | WTLVD | kl/klLVD | |
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speed [cm/s] | ♂ | 3.00 ± 0.58 | 2.75 ± 0.39 | 4.86 ± 0.47 | 2.37 ± 0.68 | 2.51 ± 0.40 |
♀ | 2.55 ± 0.41 | 2.47 ± 0.58 | 4.11 ± 0.29 | 2.53 ± 0.64 | 2.24 ± 0.45 | |
ttest | 0.5266 | 0.5381 | 0.1651 | 0.8619 | 0.6612 | |
total distance [m] | ♂ | 37.71 ± 6.95 | 36.03 ± 5.58 | 61.13 ± 6.53 | 35.91 ± 7.44 | 33.81 ± 6.45 |
♀ | 33.09 ± 3.30 | 32.27 ± 9.82 | 56.84 ± 5.37 | 34.74 ± 6.83 | 35.34 ± 7.33 | |
ttest | 0.5553 | 0.9000 | 0.6128 | 0.9103 | 0.8762 | |
time in border area [min] | ♂ | 29.66 ± 0.10 | 29.48 ± 0.40 | 27.47 ± 0.75 | 29.28 ± 0.32 | 29.86 ± 0.05 |
♀ | 29.35 ± 0.39 | 29.62 ± 0.20 | 26.43 ± 0.66 | 28.45 ± 0.99 | 29.71 ± 0.15 | |
ttest | 0.4611 | 0.8112 | 0.3062 | 0.4423 | 0.3597 | |
distance in border area [m] | ♂ | 36.31 ± 6.39 | 34.29 ± 5.93 | 58.04 ± 5.78 | 34.40 ± 4.56 | 33.03 ± 6.28 |
♀ | 34.50 ± 3.45 | 31.39 ± 9.61 | 51.21 ± 4.70 | 34.40 ± 6.77 | 34.04 ± 6.77 | |
ttest | 0.5153 | 0.9585 | 0.3627 | 1 | 0.9141 | |
time spent in corners [min] | ♂ | 24.03 ± 1.62 | 22.33 ± 2.05 | 18.96 ± 0.88 | 23.24 ± 2.32 | 25.41 ± 1.12 |
♀ | 23.97 ± 1.58 | 24.16 ± 1.61 | 17.94 ± 1.62 | 24.91 ± 2.39 | 23.95 ± 2.13 | |
ttest | 0.9805 | 0.3798 | 0.6167 | 0.6276 | 0.5417 | |
distance in center area [m] | ♂ | 1.48 ± 0.69 | 1.74 ± 1.28 | 5.63 ± 1.32 | 1.35 ± 1.26 | 0.77 ± 0.39 |
♀ | 1.60 ± 0.86 | 0.87 ± 0.48 | 3.09 ± 0.85 | 0.49 ± 0.17 | 1.30 ± 0.68 | |
ttest | 0.8627 | 0.5802 | 0.1446 | 0.5154 | 0.4969 | |
visits in center area | ♂ | 5.73 ± 1.75 | 5.13 ± 2.75 | 23.39 ± 6.39 | 9.67 ± 7.97 | 5.82 ± 2.68 |
♀ | 10.18 ± 4.68 | 7.25 ± 3.44 | 36.53 ± 8.42 | 3.00 ± 1.75 | 9.60 ± 4.74 | |
ttest | 0.3837 | 0.6284 | 0.2482 | 0.4329 | 0.4854 | |
time in center area [min] | ♂ | 0.35 ± 0.10 | 0.53 ± 0.40 | 2.53 ± 0.75 | 0.72 ± 0.32 | 0.14 ± 0.05 |
♀ | 0.65 ± 0.39 | 0.39 ± 0.20 | 3.57 ± 0.66 | 1.56 ± 0.99 | 0.29 ± 0.15 | |
ttest | 0.4611 | 0.8112 | 0.3062 | 0.4423 | 0.3597 | |
number of rearings in border area | ♂ | 96.73 ± 19.95 | 68.50 ± 15.56 | 154.69 ± 15.97 | 68.50 ± 24.14 | 86.82 ± 15.65 |
♀ | 71.64 ± 20.00 | 69.75 ± 30.48 | 126.18 ± 14.07 | 51.83 ± 14.50 | 68.50 ± 16.09 | |
ttest | 0.3850 | 0.9813 | 0.1916 | 0.5671 | 0.4251 | |
rearing time in border area [min] | ♂ | 3.22 ± 0.81 | 3.18 ± 1.00 | 7.56 ± 0.91 | 2.59 ± 1.14 | 3.10 ± 0.67 |
♀ | 2.83 ± 0.91 | 2.33 ± 0.96 | 6.37 ± 0.63 | 2.56 ± 1.13 | 2.52 ± 0.79 | |
ttest | 0.7506 | 0.5128 | 0.1016 | 0.9865 | 0.5800 | |
number of rearings in center area | ♂ | 1.46 ± 0.78 | 1.75 ± 1.05 | 5.69 ± 1.67 | 1.67 ± 1.31 | 0.27 ± 0.20 |
♀ | 1.27 ± 0.68 | 0.25 ± 0.29 | 9.18 ± 2.59 | 1.17 ± 0.83 | 1.4 ± 0.95 | |
ttest | 0.8618 | 0.4543 | 0.3019 | 0.7538 | 0.2364 | |
rearing time in center area [min] | ♂ | 1.36 ± 0.63 | 0.28 ± 0.20 | 6.92 ± 2.05 | 0.18 ± 0.16 | 0.34 ± 0.23 |
♀ | 1.10 ± 0.76 | 0.40 ± 0.36 | 13.91 ± 5.03 | 0.18 ± 0.17 | 0.99 ± 0.86 | |
ttest | 0.7945 | 0.7266 | 0.2573 | 1 | 0.4501 |