Table 3. Open-field test.
Age | P24 |
P87 |
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Behavior/groups | Tactile | Needle | Tactile | Needle |
Inner time (s) | 10.55 ± 3.36 | 20.35 ± 3.48# | 9.46 ± 1.84 | 15.61 ± 2.10* |
Outer time (s) | 587.70 ± 3.38 | 578.60 ± 3.39 | 590.18 ± 1.84 | 583.23 ± 2.06* |
Inner distance (%) | 5.64 ± 0.99 | 8.53 ± 0.83* | 2.68 ± 0.54 | 5.06 ± 0.64** |
Total distance (mm) | 11299.44 ± 915.05 | 12975.77 ± 702.44 | 13465.64 ± 712.51 | 15371.12 ± 724.98 |
Inner crossing (%) | 34.42 ± 3.44 | 45.02 ± 1.38** | 41.64 ± 2.65 | 46.3 ± 1.14 |
Total crossing (n) | 15.20 ± 2.43 | 19.35 ± 1.95 | 11.06 ± 1.83 | 19.78 ± 2.59* |
Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Student-t test was used to compare the group difference, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, #P = 0.05 for Needle vs. Tactile (n = 10), n = number of occurrences.