Fig 3. Burrowing behavior in the immediate postanesthetic period.

Data are means ± standard error. p values were calculated using Kruskal-Wallis-Test: * p < 0.05. (A) Control ♀: n = 6, single anesthesia ♀: n = 9, repeated anesthesia ♀: n = 13; 4 mice of the single anesthesia group were excluded from statistics because of technical malfunctions of the scale. (B) Control ♂: n = 6, single anesthesia ♂: n = 10, repeated anesthesia ♂: n = 13; 3 mice of the single anesthesia group and 1 control mouse were excluded from statistics because of technical malfunction of the scale.