Table 2. Data Gathered in Three Groups of Rats::
Naïve control rats (n=5) that were not submitted to FST neither injected.
Untreated rats (n=5) that were submitted to FST.
Vehicle + FST rats (n=5) that were submitted to FST after sub-chronic treatment with saline (600ml i.p.) as described in Methods.
Tyr-tub
Naïve unstressed
FST
Vehicle +FST
mean
100
88.2
*
87.7
*
sem
1.8
2.5
4.2
5-HT
Naïve unstressed
FST
Vehicle +FST
mean
100
66.7
*
67.9
*
sem
4
12.9
10.7
Data are expressed as mean±sem;
*
p<0.05: naïve unstressed versus FST or vehicle + FST ((Fisher's LSD Test).