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From: Increased depression-related behavior during the postpartum period in inbred BALB/c and C57BL/6 strains

Fig. 2

Locomotor activity and anxiety-like behavior of BALB/c and C57BL/6 female mice during the postpartum period in the open field test. The open field test was performed for a 30-min test period in nulliparous, nonlactating primiparous, and lactating primiparous females of C57BL/6J, C57BL/6JJcl, BALB/cAnNCrlCrlj, and BALB/cAJcl strains. a–d Open field test: a distance traveled (cm), b vertical activity, c center time (s), and d stereotypic counts during three 10-min blocks. Values are means ± SEM. The dashed enclosure in the figure indicates the results replicated in another independent experiment (see Fig. 7). In each strain, *p < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction (lactating primiparous vs.  nulliparous); †p < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction (lactating primiparous vs. nonlactating primiparous); §p < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction (nonlactating vs. nulliparous)

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