Table 1 IntelliCage-based cognitive and emotional testing.

From: NMDAR1 autoantibodies amplify behavioral phenotypes of genetic white matter inflammation: a mild encephalitis model with neuropsychiatric relevance

(A) Mice immunized with GluN1 extracellular peptides (NR1) or ovalbumin (OVA)

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Comparison

WT + NR1

Cnp−/− + OVA

Cnp−/− + NR1

Across groups

Mean ± SEM

n

Mean ± SEM

n

Mean ± SEM

n

Test

p value

IntelliCage-based behavioral test battery

Place learning − place errors [% of corner visits]

67.89 ± 1.6

14

70.98 ± 1.1

13

71.49 ± 1.1

13

Welch’s ANOVA

0.207

Reversal learning − place errors [% of corner visits]

66.25 ± 1.7

14

70.01 ± 1.7

13

71.18 ± 1.1

13

Kruskal–Wallis

0.087

Sucrose preference − delta [sucrose − water]

15.68 ± 3.5

14

15.38 ± 2.8

13

14.45 ± 2.7

13

Kruskal–Wallis

0.673

(B) Mice with oligodendrocyte-specific deletion of NR1

 

Group 1

Group 2

Comparison

NR1flox/flox

CnpCre+/−*NR1flox/flox

Group 1 versus Group 2

Mean ± SEM

n

Mean ± SEM

n

Test

p value

IntelliCage-based behavioral test battery

Place learning − place errors [% of corner visits]

68.37 ± 1.2

15

69.70 ± 1.3

14

t

0.463

Reversal learning − place errors [% of corner visits]

62.21 ± 1.7

15

68.94 ± 1.7

14

t

0.011

Sucrose preference − delta [sucrose − water]

15.03 ± 4.4

15

10.29 ± 2.7

14

t

0.373