]>Progesterone Withdrawal-Evoked Plasticity of Neural Function in the Female Periaqueductal Grey Matter : Table 1
Table 1: Behavioural indices in open field test for rats in proestrus, late dioestrus, and after progesterone withdrawal. All values m e a n ± S E M . Late dioestrus (LD, 𝑛 = 1 5 ), proestrus (Pro, 𝑛 = 2 2 ), high progesterone (HP, 𝑛 = 7 ).

MeasureGroup
LDProHP

Total distance travelled (cm) 3 8 2 7 ± 2 2 8 3 7 3 7 ± 2 0 5 4 3 2 8 ± 2 0 8
Average speed ( c m s 1 ) 1 2 . 8 5 ± 0 . 7 6 1 2 . 9 1 ± 0 . 7 0 1 4 . 4 5 ± 0 . 7 0
Time in central zone (%) 2 . 5 6 ± 0 . 5 1 1 . 9 6 ± 0 . 2 5 2 . 8 2 ± 0 . 5 6
Time in middle zone (%) 1 0 . 0 0 ± 1 . 9 8 7 . 7 4 ± 1 . 4 2 6 . 7 5 ± 0 . 9 4
Time in outer zone (%) 8 6 . 6 0 ± 2 . 2 4 8 9 . 0 9 ± 1 . 7 3 9 0 . 8 5 ± 1 . 4 3
Number of central zone re-entries 4 . 2 5 ± 0 . 6 4 4 . 1 0 ± 0 . 6 2 3 . 5 7 ± 0 . 5 7
Time rearing (%) 1 8 . 5 3 ± 2 . 3 5 1 9 . 1 3 ± 2 . 0 1 1 4 . 1 3 ± 1 . 2 6
Time freezing (%) 0 . 3 0 ± 0 . 3 0 0 . 5 4 ± 0 . 4 4 n/a
Time grooming (%) 7 . 6 8 ± 1 . 5 1 6 . 4 8 ± 1 . 4 8 4 . 9 3 ± 1 . 3 8