Deletion of Ovarian Hormones Induces a Sickness Behavior in Rats Comparable to the Effect of Lipopolysaccharide

Figure 6

Comparison of the percent number of entries to the closed arm (a) and the percent of time spent in closed arm (b) in the elevated plus maze test between four groups. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM ( in each group). There were no significant differences between Sham and OVX groups in the percent of entries to the closed arm. The percent of entries to the closed arm by the animals of Sham-LPS group was higher than that of Sham groups (). There were no significant differences between four groups in the percent of time spent in the closed arm.

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