Social isolation induces sexually aggressive behaviour in male Wistar rats

BMC Neuroscience

Table 7 Correlation between serum levels of neurochemical markers and anxiety-like behaviour in the EPM

Neurochemical marker	Behavioural parameter	Correlation coefficient (Spearman’s rho)	P-value
Testosterone	EPM % open arm time	0.309	0.1096
Serotonin	EPM % open arm time	0.421	0.0256*
Corticosterone	EPM % open arm time	-0.559	0.0020**
Oxytocin	EPM % open arm time	0.698	0.0000***
AVP	EPM % open arm time	-0.617	0.0005***
CRH	EPM % open arm time	0.408	0.0313*

AVP = arginine vasopressin, CRH = corticotropin-releasing hormone. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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