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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2017 May 3;177:230–241. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.05.003

Table 1.

The behavioral phenotypes that were assessed from the MCSF maze (first column). Each phenotype analysis included specific behavioral measures obtained from the scoring with Observer XT and analyzed as described in the text.

Behavioral Phenotype Measures Comprising Behavioral Phenotypes
Total Entries Frequency of TotCorr entries Frequency of hurdle entries Frequency of DCR entries Frequency of Slope entries Frequency of Bridge entries Frequency of center circle entries Frequency of center entries
Exploratory Behavior Duration of hurdle visits Hurdle duration per visit Number of photocell counts Latency to initial slope visit Latency to initial hurdle visit Center Duration per visit
Risk Assessment Latency to leave center arena Slope duration per visit (Latency to initial bridge visit)- (Latency to initial slope visit)
Risk-taking havior Be Duration of bridge visits Bridge duration per visit Duration of center circle visits Center circle duration per visit
Shelter Seeking Frequency of dark corner room Duration of dark corner room Duration per visit of dark corner room Latency to initial DCR visit