Table 5. Differences between male and female mice in the Light Dark Box test (arithmetic means ± SEM).
parameter | WT | WTNH4Cl | kl/klNH4Cl | WTLVD | kl/klLVD | |
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time in hidden area [min] | ♂ | 8.67 ± 0.48 | 8.71 ± 0.29 | 6.26 ± 0.57 | 8.56 ± 0.38 | 8.47 ± 0.40 |
♀ | 8.79 ± 0.23 | 8.37 ± 0.53 | 5.66 ± 0.67 | 8.91 ± 0.35 | 8.39 ± 0.32 | |
ttest | 0.8226 | 0.5645 | 0.5234 | 0.5208 | 0.8785 | |
visits in light area | ♂ | 13.91 ± 3.69 | 15.75 ± 5.23 | 26.92 ± 3.69 | 11.67 ± 3.48 | 14.36 ± 3.92 |
♀ | 17.10 ± 5.23 | 17.57 ± 5.75 | 32.88 ± 4.04 | 15.67 ± 6.56 | 15.40 ± 4.16 | |
ttest | 0.6217 | 0.8180 | 0.3000 | 0.6017 | 0.8579 | |
number of rearings in light area | ♂ | 3.55 ± 1.06 | 3.63 ± 1.43 | 16.12 ± 3.32 | 3.50 ± 1.63 | 3.00 ± 0.62 |
♀ | 4.27 ± 1.18 | 3.00 ± 1.07 | 13.54 ± 2.85 | 1.67 ± 0.72 | 3.10 ± 1.34 | |
ttest | 0.6516 | 0.7377 | 0.5747 | 0.3268 | 0.9449 | |
rearing time light area [s] | ♂ | 8.69 ± 4.40 | 5.37 ± 2.14 | 33.31 ± 6.41 | 5.66 ± 2.86 | 4.34 ± 1.31 |
♀ | 7.20 ± 2.33 | 8.51 ± 2.45 | 33.32 ± 11.67 | 6.06 ± 2.41 | 8.13 ± 2.86 | |
ttest | 0.7673 | 0.3493 | 0.9985 | 0.9166 | 0.2280 | |
distance in light area [m] | ♂ | 2.51 ± 0.55 | 2.27 ± 0.77 | 8.870 ± 1.05 | 1.77 ± 0.57 | 1.90 ± 0.45 |
♀ | 2.17 ± 0.39 | 2.33 ± 1.09 | 10.27 ± 1.58 | 2.33 ± 0.96 | 1.84 ± 0.40 | |
ttest | 0.6217 | 0.9659 | 0.4444 | 0.6257 | 0.9242 | |
time in entrance area [min] | ♂ | 1.55 ± 0.93 | 3.46 ± 1.17 | 9.24 ± 1.31 | 1.39 ± 0.83 | 1.05 ± 0.75 |
♀ | 1.99 ± 0.03 | 2.71 ± 1.32 | 8.25 ± 1.44 | 1.97 ± 1.66 | 0.57 ± 0.35 | |
ttest | 0.7532 | 0.6746 | 0.6248 | 0.5077 | 0.6521 | |
number of rearings in hidden area | ♂ | 21.33 ± 6.29 | 20.38 ± 7.01 | 41.35 ± 5.39 | 16.67 ± 5.10 | 15.46 ± 5.42 |
♀ | 19.82 ± 6.27 | 22.86 ± 9.45 | 41.52 ± 6.01 | 18.67 ± 10.27 | 14.00 ± 4.70 | |
ttest | 0.8665 | 0.8335 | 0.9444 | 0.8650 | 0.8430 | |
rearing time hidden area [s] | ♂ | 5.51 ± 1.07 | 3.91 ± 1.50 | 11.19 ± 0.85 | 6.34 ± 1.82 | 5.24 ± 1.32 |
♀ | 5.79 ± 1.42 | 4.41 ± 1.86 | 11.40 ± 1.07 | 6.11 ± 2.70 | 6.34 ± 1.59 | |
ttest | 0.7965 | 0.8361 | 0.8345 | 0.9474 | 0.5904 | |
time in light area [min] | ♂ | 1.34 ± 0.48 | 1.29 ± 0.29 | 3.74 ± 0.57 | 1.44 ± 0.38 | 1.53 ± 0.40 |
♀ | 1.22 ± 0.23 | 1.64 ± 0.53 | 4.34 ± 0,67 | 1.09 ± 0.35 | 1.62 ± 0.32 | |
ttest | 0.8226 | 0.5645 | 0.5234 | 0.5208 | 0.8785 | |
speed [cm/s] | ♂ | 3.45 ± 0.43 | 2.41 ± 0.36 | 4.53 ± 0.38 | 2.95 ± 0.36 | 2.23 ± 0.36 |
♀ | 2.40 ± 0.41 | 2.49 ± 0.33 | 4.39 ± 0.50 | 2.03 ± 0.34 | 2.52 ± 0.48 | |
ttest | 0.9335 | 0.8677 | 0.8353 | 0.0948 | 0.6244 |