Table 2.
Treatment | Induction chamber | Home cage | Comments |
Time to nose down (s) | 65.46 ± 0.80 | 67.58 ± 0.80 | P = 0.0677 |
Blood glucose (mg/dL) | 71.33 ± 3.11 | 69.42 ± 3.11 | P = 0.6650 |
Serum corticosterone (ng/mL) | 154.74 ± 19.36 | 142.02 ± 10.36 | P = 0.6444 |
With treatment groups combined, corticosterone was lower (P = 0.0170) in males (116.45 ± 18.23 ng/mL) as compared with females (180.32 ± 18.23 ng/mL) | |||
Noradrenaline (pg/mL) | 1925.09 ± 233.05 | 1834.67 ± 233.05 | P = 0.7850 |
With treatment groups combined, noradrenaline was increased (P = 0.0013) in males (1374.16 ± 208.04 pg/mL) as compared with females (2385.60 ± 208.04 pg/mL) | |||
No. of jumps (per second) | 1.08 x 10?19 ± 0.0004 | 0.0006 ± 0.0004 | P = 0.3225 |
No. of rears (per second) | 0.091 ± 0.007 | 0.038 ± 0.007 | P < 0.0001 |
No. of digs (per second) | 4.34 x 10?19 ± 0.0011 | 0.0035 ± 0.0011 | P = 0.0262 |
All data are presented as mean ± SEM and are compared between the treatments of home cage and induction chamber. Any significant differences seen between sexes or order of treatment are presented in the Comments column.