Table 5

Statistical analyses of AP firing after 0, 4, or 8 weeks of UCMS in IL layer II/III PV+ neurons from male and female mice

TestUCMSSexUCMS × sexStimulusStimulus × UCMSStimulus × sexStimulus × sex × UCMS
AP firing: sex as a factor
 Three-way ANOVA with repeated measuresF(2,87) = 7.71,
p < 0.001
F(1,87) = 2.20,
p = 0.14
F(2,87) = 2.68,
p = 0.074
F(1.84,159.6) = 41.47,
p < 0.001
F(3.67,159.6) = 9.63,
p < 0.001
F(1.84,159.6) = 0.65,
p = 0.51
F(3.67,159.6) =1.42,
p = 0.23
 AUC analysis, two-way ANOVAF(2,87) = 6.99,
p = 0.0015
F(1,87) = 2.41,
p = 0.12
F(2,87) = 2.64,
p = 0.077
AP Firing by sex
 Males, two-way ANOVAF(2,39) = 10.86,
p = 0.0002
F(1.75,68.2) = 12.34,
p < 0.0001
F(14,273) = 3.88,
p < 0.0001
 Females, two-way ANOVAF(2,48) = 1.27,
p = 0.29
F(1.91,91.9) = 35.67,
p < 0.0001
F(14,336) = 8.89,
p < 0.0001
 AP height at threshold
 Three-way ANOVA with repeated measuresF(2,87) = 4.99,
p = 0.009
F(1,87) = 0.93,
p = 0.34
F(2,87) = 0.008,
p = 0.99
F(1.05,91.4) = 25.05,
p < 0.001
F(2.10,91.4) = 0.18,
p = 0.85
F(1.05,91.4) = 1.71,
p = 0.19
F(2.10,91.4) = 0.51,
p = 0.61
AP height at threshold by sex
 Males, two-way ANOVAF(2,39) = 2.11,
p = 0.14
F(1.12,43.8) = 14.15,
p = 0.0003
F(4,78) = 1.27,
p = 0.29
 Females, two-way ANOVAF(2,48) = 3.03,
p = 0.058
F(1.03,49.5) = 15.30,
p = 0.0002
F(4,96) = 0.089,
p = 0.99
AP height at suprathreshold
 Three-way ANOVA with repeated measuresF(2,87) = 20.04,
p < 0.001
F(1,89) = 0.04,
p = 0.85
F(2,89) = 0.97,
p = 0.38
F(1.16,101.0) = 254.23,
p < 0.001
F(2.32,101.0) = 28.87,
p < 0.001
F(1.16,101.0) = 1.19,
p = 0.29
F(2.32,101.1) = 1.53,
p = 0.22
AP height at suprathreshold by sex
 Males, two-way ANOVAF(2,39) = 7.51,
p = 0.0017
F(1.05,40.8) = 141.1,
p < 0.0001
F(4,78) = 13.28,
p < 0.0001
 Females, two-way ANOVAF(2,48) = 20.92,
p < 0.0001
F(1.21,58.1) = 131.1,
p < 0.0001
F(4,96) = 18.12,
p < 0.0001
  • Greenhouse–Geisser corrected for sphericity violations, as needed, indicated by noninteger degrees of freedom. Stimulus indicates intensity of current injected for AP firing and spike number for AP height.