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. 2016 Dec;74:363–370. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.019

Table 2.

A comparison of physiological and behavioural markers across new mouse mothers treated with 667-COUMATE and vehicle (CVCV), with 667-COUMATE and 0.3 mg/kg ziprasidone (CZCZ0.3) or with 667-COUMATE and 1.0 mg/kg ziprasidone (CZCZ1.0). *significantly different from other two groups (p < 0.05).

Measure of interest CVCV CZCZ0.3 CZCZ1.0 Statistical significance
Litter measures
Initial litter size 7.0 (95%CI: 6.0–8.0) 6.0 (95%CI: 5.0–7.0) 6.5 (95% CI: 6.0–8.0) p = 0.26
Number of pups found dead per mother across course of experiment 0 (95%CI: 0–0) 0 (95%CI: 0–2) 0 (95%CI: 0–1) p = 0.54



Elevated plus maze measures
Rearing 0.5 (95%CI: 0–12.5) 2.5 (95%CI: 0–14) 0 (0–0) p = 0.20
Latency to first open arm entry (s) 7.8 (95%CI: 4.5–15.4) 8.7 (95%CI: 5.0-12.8) 11.1 (95%CI: 6.0-26.4) p = 0.51
Closed arm entries 28 ± 3* 20 ± 2 12 ± 3 F[2,37] = 9.44, p < 0.001



Locomotor activity measures
Total infra-red beam breaks in 1hr 1837 ± 182, 1536 ± 172 1294 ± 233 F[2,37] = 1.75, p = 0.19