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. 2017 Apr 8;175(11):1903–1914. doi: 10.1111/bph.13769

Table 2.

Summary of quantitative results of behavioral studies

Test Sex Treatment
Saline GTS‐21 MLA
Light–dark box (s) Females 229.5 ± 5.5 221.5 ± 10.5 238.1 ± 8.0
Light–dark box (s) Males 227.8 ± 5.7 233.9 ± 11.4 213.6 ± 8.0
Marble burying (number buried) Females 6.6 ± 0.8 5.8 ± 1.1 7 ± 1
Marble burying (number buried) Males 6.9 ± 1 4.5 ± 0.7 4.4 ± 1.2
TST (s) Females 164.4 ± 11.6 164.2 ± 8.9 54.9 ± 23.27
FST (s) Females 118.6 ± 6.7 139.1 ± 7.3 117.6 ± 12
Social defeat (%) Males 139.2 ± 12.9 123.3 ± 12.1 121.4 ± 10.1
Test Sex Treatment
Saline/saline Physo/saline Saline/MLA Physo/MLA
c‐fos DG (counted cells) Females 53.2 ± 4.4 60.8 ± 2.9 51.6 ± 1.4 40.1 ± 2.4
c‐fos CA1 (counted cells) Females 35.4 ± 2.4 48 ± 2.2 44 ± 1.9 39.6 ± 1.2
Test Sex Treatment
Scr ShRNA/saline Scr ShRNA/physo a7 KD/saline a7 KD/physo
Light–dark box (s) Females 219.2 ± 6.9 249.5 ± 8.1 220 ± 5.4 218.6 ± 4.9
TST (s) Females 144.1 ± 14 173.4 ± 12.3 161.1 ± 14 169.9 ± 11.3
FST (s) Females 130.7 ± 8.7 139 ± 9.3 147.7 ± 13.7 123 ± 11.8
Social defeat (%) Males 122.3 ± 21.5 192. ± 121.6 98.6 ± 7.6 225.6 ± 43.9
Locomotion (beam breaks) Females 3632 ± 716 3354 ± 187 2368 ± 521 1948 ± 308

±SEM. FST, forced swim test; TST, tail suspension test.