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Table 3 Duration of the ethological measures

From: Transgenerational effects of paternal heroin addiction on anxiety and aggression behavior in male offspring

Behavior

Duration (s)

F0-C

F0-H

F1-C

F1-H

F2-C

F2-H

F3-C

F3-H

Non-social activity

 Attention

86.75

72.00

85.50

68.75*

86.75

68.75

71.83

70.05

 Rear

1.63

7.13*

1.50

7.13*

1.31

7.00

5.79

6.22

 Sniff

70.00

42.13*

69.00

41.88*

68.25

39.88

45.25

42.41

 Walk

39.50

32.13

39.13

31.35

39.13

34.63

34.86

34.54

 Body care

2.46

19.13*

1.51

19.20*

2.39

19.63*

16.05

17.57

Social activities

 App

9.00

20.13*

10.06

20.15*

9.50

20.00*

18.13

19.08

 Follow

1.47

1.38

1.66

1.53

2.06

1.75

1.97

2.07

 Walk away

1.94

12.56*

2.30

12.71*

2.51

2.47

10.70

11.64

 Social sniff

88.63

161.38*

94.63

162.13*

86.88

78.88

144.94

150.52*

 Genital sniff

29.13

48.50*

30.50

49.46*

29.75

52.00*

47.60

49.80

 Mount

1.49

3.50

1.49

3.40

1.49

1.51

1.75

1.63

Aggression

 Tail swish

0.61

5.23*

0.94

5.43*

1.00

5.29*

4.60

5.03

 Lateral threat

0.56

3.13*

0.93

3.08

0.31

3.17*

2.53

2.73

 Bite

2.81

8.74*

2.45

8.25*

2.59

7.41

6.41

6.71

 Clinch/fight

0.88

23.00*

1.21

23.00*

0.96

23.75*

19.14

21.14

  1. Durations taken for the behavioral observations from resident intruder test showing the mean for each group. Student’s t test: the asterisk means statistically significant different from control rats (p < 0.05)
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