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Table 2 Elevated plus-maze activity in alcohol-drinking male and female rats at day 17 after exposure to predator odor (PO) stress

From: Sex differences in traumatic stress reactivity in rats with and without a history of alcohol drinking

 

Males

Females*

Control

PO stress

Control

PO stress

% time open arms

12.5 ± 6.9

13.9 ± 3.1

22.0 ± 6.2

39.2 ± 5.7

% entries open arms

17.5 ± 8.4

21.0 ± 4.4

31.1 ± 6.7

38.3 ± 1.7

Closed arms entries

10.0 ± 1.1

10.9 ± 0.8

12.5 ± 1.5

12.6 ± 0.7

  1. Data presented as mean ± SEM. Regardless of stress condition, females spent more time in the open arms and made more entries into the open and closed arms of the EPM relative to males
  2. *P < .05
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Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410

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