Table 6. Differences between male and female mice in the O Maze test (arithmetic means ± SEM).
parameter | WT | WTNH4Cl | kl/klNH4Cl | WTLVD | kl/klLVD | |
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protected headdips | ♂ | 27.00 ± 6.15 | 23.88 ± 2.86 | 45.65 ± 3.65 | 22.83 ± 5.06 | 20.50 ± 2.66 |
♀ | 34.27 ± 6.42 | 29.75 ± 3.76 | 41.00 ± 3.77 | 26.50 ± 7.21 | 19.82 ± 2.93 | |
ttest | 0.4231 | 0.4412 | 0.4735 | 0.6858 | 0.8660 | |
unprotected headdips | ♂ | 4.36 ± 1.50 | 3.50 ± 1.35 | 11.77 ± 1.71 | 5.67 ± 1.45 | 5.40 ± 1.32 |
♀ | 6.64 ± 2.44 | 2.75 ± 1.30 | 11.47 ± 2.14 | 3.67 ± 1.17 | 4.73 ± 0.95 | |
ttest | 0.4365 | 0.8528 | 0.9350 | 0.3095 | 0.6799 | |
visits in open arms | ♂ | 27.27 ± 7.36 | 18.63 ± 7.10 | 44.14 ± 5.10 | 19.50 ± 3.23 | 22.00 ± 4.69 |
♀ | 21.27 ± 4.46 | 19.88 ± 7.06 | 39.59 ± 6.95 | 20.00 ± 8.74 | 25.73 ± 7.02 | |
ttest | 0.4937 | 0.7324 | 0.5636 | 0.9552 | 0.6705 | |
distance in open arms [m] | ♂ | 3.46 ± 1.02 | 2.24 ± 0.97 | 6.03 ± 0.75 | 3.28 ± 0.41 | 2.98 ± 0.82 |
♀ | 2.96 ± 0.73 | 2.03 ± 0.82 | 5.53 ± 0.76 | 2.57 ± 0.62 | 3.32 ± 0.66 | |
ttest | 0.6895 | 0.9564 | 0.6933 | 0.3616 | 0.7462 | |
time in open arms [min] | ♂ | 1.11 ± 0.30 | 0.73 ± 0.27 | 2.02 ± 0.26 | 0.94 ± 0.12 | 1.12 ± 0.21 |
♀ | 1.27 ± 0.25 | 0.82 ± 0.33 | 2.18 ± 0.25 | 0.96 ± 0.15 | 1.03 ± 0.24 | |
ttest | 0.6783 | 0.6649 | 0.6700 | 0.9447 | 0.7722 | |
distance in closed arms [m] | ♂ | 12.42 ± 1.00 | 12.07 ± 1.03 | 15.65 ± 0.76 | 11.69 ± 2.32 | 10.45 ± 1.26 |
♀ | 12.40 ± 1.34 | 11.26 ± 1.25 | 17.92 ± 1.23 | 10.49 ± 1.56 | 10.84 ± 1.03 | |
ttest | 0.9898 | 0.7379 | 0.3923 | 0.6770 | 0.8103 | |
total distance [m] | ♂ | 15.56 ± 1.88 | 14.30 ± 1.62 | 21.68 ± 1.22 | 14.92 ± 2.31 | 13.42 ± 1.64 |
♀ | 15.35 ± 1.63 | 13.30 ± 1.76 | 22.82 ± 1.51 | 13.12 ± 1.46 | 14.16 ± 1.13 | |
ttest | 0.9336 | 0.8454 | 0.6513 | 0.5265 | 0.7114 | |
speed [cm/s] | ♂ | 2.29 ± 0.30 | 2.22 ± 0.29 | 3.67 ± 0.20 | 2.01 ± 0.29 | 2.47 ± 0.25 |
♀ | 3.82 ± 0.49 | 2.43 ± 0.34 | 3.63 ± 0.29 | 1.97 ± 0.09 | 2.33 ± 0.23 | |
ttest | 0.1353 | 0.4781 | 0.8705 | 0.8882 | 0.6823 | |
time in open arms [%] | ♂ | 11.06 ± 2.99 | 7.34 ± 2.74 | 20.17 ± 2.55 | 9.41 ± 1.23 | 11.22 ± 2.10 |
♀ | 12.70 ± 2.51 | 8.17 ± 3.33 | 21.76 ± 2.47 | 9.55 ± 1.46 | 10.28 ± 2.39 | |
ttest | 0.6783 | 0.6649 | 0.6696 | 0.9447 | 0.7721 | |
time open/closed arms *100 | ♂ | 13.75 ± 3.94 | 8.67 ± 3.57 | 26.89 ± 4.27 | 10.50 ± 1.54 | 13.21 ± 2.68 |
♀ | 15.56 ± 3.54 | 9.85 ± 4.48 | 30.25 ± 4.88 | 10.70 ± 1.78 | 12.35 ± 3.33 | |
ttest | 0.7361 | 0.6674 | 0.6428 | 0.9328 | 0.8439 | |
distance open arms [%] | ♂ | 22.24 ± 4.33 | 15.62 ± 5.12 | 27.81 ± 2.83 | 22.01 ± 2.73 | 22.18 ± 4.81 |
♀ | 19.26 ± 3.96 | 15.29 ± 4.79 | 24.21 ± 2.24 | 19.60 ± 8.08 | 23.45 ± 4.34 | |
ttest | 0.6184 | 0.7854 | 0.5286 | 0.4239 | 0.6645 | |
distance open/closed arms *100 | ♂ | 27.87 ± 6.49 | 18.52 ± 9.19 | 38.53 ± 5.27 | 28.09 ± 4.35 | 28.50 ± 9.67 |
♀ | 23.86 ± 6.95 | 18.05 ± 7.11 | 31.95 ± 4.30 | 24.52 ± 7.26 | 30.64 ± 12.81 | |
ttest | 0.6544 | 0.9178 | 0.4911 | 0.2703 | 0.6927 |