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. 2016 Dec 14;6:39159. doi: 10.1038/srep39159

Table 3. Open-field test.

Age P24
P87
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.