Table 3.
Motor and Protein: Pearson Correlations
| ELISA | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior | Dopamine | Norepinephrine | Brain Region |
| Catalepsy | −0.552 (0.124) | 0.220 (0.635) | SR |
| 0.475 (0.140) | 0.179 (0.599) | SN | |
| Not tested | −0.204 (0.524) | LC | |
| Challenge Beam (Whole) | −0.920 (0.00328)* | 0.445 (0.376) | SR |
| −0.310 (0.455) | −0.502 (0.205) | SN | |
| Not tested | −0.377 (0.317) | LC | |
| Challenge Beam (Last 1/3) | −0.567 (0.184) | 0.607 (0.201) | SR |
| −0.0230 (0.957) | −0.168 (0.691) | SN | |
| Not tested | −0.150 (0.699) | LC | |
| # Foot faults | −0.564 (0.187) | −0.277 (0.547) | SR |
| −0.207 (0.593) | 0.0588 (0.881) | SN | |
| Not tested | 0.659 (0.0383)* | LC | |
| Hindlimb Steps | −0.0414 (0.916) | 0.705 (0.0771)# | SR |
| −0.0347 (0.919) | −0.186 (0.583) | SN | |
| Not tested | −0.327 (0.299) | LC | |
| Forelimb Steps | −0.265 (0.491) | −0.120 (0.798) | SR |
| 0.560 (0.0732)# | 0.269 (0.425) | SN | |
| Not tested | −0.494 (0.103) | LC | |
Gross motor behavioral variables correlated to ELISA dopamine concentrations and norepinephrine concentrations, respectively. Data presented are r (p value) for each brain region. SR=striatum, SN=substantia nigra, LC=locus coeruleus. Non-transformed data. Significant finding
*
(p<0.05);
#
trend (0.10<p<0.05).