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Table 2 Parameters of ultradian and circadian rhythms of sodium nitroprusside-induced motor incoordination in 4 week old mice

From: Time-of-day dependence of neurological deficits induced by sodium nitroprusside in young mice

Dose
(mg/kg)
Gender Period
τ (h)
Mesor ± SEM
(% of ataxia)
Amplitude ± SD
(% of ataxia)
Acrophase
±SD (min)b
Adjusted P a
  Male 12 30 ± 4 15 ± 14 1.1 ± 120 NS
3.0   24 28 ± 4 2 5.4 NS
  Female 12 33 ± 4 15 ± 14 1.2 ± 120 NS
   24 33 ± 4 12 3.2 NS
   12 49 ± 5 26 ± 17 1.9 ± 74 NS
3.3 Male 24 40 ± 4 10 8.8 NS
   12 31 ± 5 17 ± 16 1.4 ± 120 NS
  Female 24 32 ± 5 2 1.5 NS
   12 65 ± 4 18 ± 13 1.2 ± 90 NS
3.6   24 64 ± 4 16 ± 13 4.5 ± 228 NS
  Male 12 36 ± 5 16 ± 15 2.0 ± 120 NS
  Female 24 34 ± 3 4 5.0 NS
  1. a From an F test of the rejection of the null amplitude hypothesis.
  2. b Time of maximum in fitted cosine function, in HALO.
  3. NS: Not significant