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. 2022 Apr 20;5:383. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03324-w

Fig. 6. Effect of neural ERα or AR::ERα deletion on locomotor activity, anxiety-related, and aggressive behavior.

Fig. 6

a, c, e Cumulative locomotor activity recorded in a circular corridor during the 2 h-test for control (ERαfl/fl) and mutant (ERαNesCre) females (a, n = 11–13 per genotype), control (ERαfl/fl) and mutant (ERαNesCre) males (c, n = 10–11 per genotype), or control (AR::ERαfl/fl) and mutant (AR::ERαNesCre) males (e, n = 7–11 per genotype). b, d, f Anxiety-related behavior measured in the elevated O-maze for control (ERαfl/fl) and mutant (ERαNesCre) females (b, n = 11–13 per genotype), control (ERαfl/fl), and mutant (ERαNesCre) males (d, n = 10-11 per genotype), or control (AR::ERαfl/fl) and mutant (AR::ERαNesCre) males (f, n = 7-11 per genotype). The latency to enter the open arm (left) and the time spent in the open arm (right) were analyzed. g, h Percentage of males from the ERNesCre (g) or AR::ERαNesCre (h) mouse lines displaying aggressive behavior towards non-aggressive males in the resident-intruder test across two or three tests. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 versus the control group. Data are shown as means ± S.E.M. with individual values (panels af) or as percentage (panels g, h).