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Table 1 Pearson correlation coefficients between distance travelled in the EPM and behaviour in the FST

From: Effects of early life trauma are dependent on genetic predisposition: a rat study

Distance travelled

 

Forced-swim test

 

Time spent immobile

Time spent climbing

Time spent swimming

 

r(x,y)

p

r(x,y)

p

r(x,y)

p

1st minute

-0.36*

0.003

0.43*

0.0002

-0.04

0.723

2nd minute

-0.49*

0.00002

0.29*

0.020

0.41*

0.006

3rd minute

-0.21

0.098

0.06

0.652

0.19

0.121

4th minute

-0.30*

0.013

-0.06

0.635

0.37*

0.002

5th minute

-0.12

0.328

0.04

0.754

0.15

0.23

Total time

-0.45*

0.0001

0.31*

0.012

0.40*

0.0007

  1. *Distance travelled in the EPM correlated positively with time spent climbing and swimming in the FST, while it correlated negatively with time spent immobile in the FST (p < 0.05).