Table 2.
Indicators of the behavior of rats that were not exposed to chronic unpredictable stress at the EPM test before and after the administration of the test substances. 1, time spent in the open arms of the maze, s; 2, time spent in the closed arms of the maze, s; 3, number of hanging events from the open arms; 4, number of squares crossed; 5, number of rears.
Test substance | Saline | Selank | DZ | Selank + DZ | |
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Behavioral measures | Ме (25%–75%) |
Ме (25%–75%) |
Ме (25%–75%) |
Ме (25%–75%) |
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Measures of anxiety | |||||
1 | Before | 48,9 | 40,2 | 51,4 | 42,3 |
(42,5–109,7) | (16–68,2) | (20–87) | (18–78,4) | ||
After | 10,8 ∗ | 12,2 | 9 ∗ | 7,8 ∗ | |
(0–30,3) | (0–23,9) | (0–14,5) | (0–16,6) | ||
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2 | Before | 97,5 | 124,9 | 99,7 | 102 |
(59,3–109,6) | (96,7–149,2) | (75,9–117,3) | (66,7–132,4) | ||
After | 152,3 ∗ | 147,7 | 133,7 ∗ | 162,8 ∗ | |
(135,3–167,8) | (127,8–172,2) | (113,3–177,2) | (147,4–170,9) | ||
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3 | Before | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
(7–11) | (3–9) | (6–11) | (4–10) | ||
After | 2 ∗ | 5 | 2 | 2,5 | |
(0–6) | (3–9) | (0–6) | (1–4) | ||
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Measures of locomotor activity | |||||
4 | Before | 34 | 36 | 32 | 37,5 |
(20–49) | (19–42) | (23–53) | (35–42) | ||
After | 14 | 30 | 15,5 | 14,5 ∗ | |
(11–57) | (17–42) | (9–21) | (12–21) | ||
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5 | Before | 8 | 9,5 | 7,5 | 6,5 |
(7–9) | (8–13) | (5–10) | (6–10) | ||
After | 5 | 9,5 | 6,5 | 6,5 | |
(3–10) | (9-10) | (5–8) | (5–8) |
Note. Me: median; ∗P < 0.05, comparison of indicators before and after the administration of a course of the test substances (Wilcoxon's test).