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Table 2 The exploratory learning (the number of approaches) in the male offspring of groups I to VII, 70 days postnatal. Data are presented as a mean of eight rats ± SEM

From: The potential roles of aluminum chloride and sodium fluoride on the neurotoxicity of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus of male rat offspring

Experimental groups

Number of approaches

1 day

2 days

3 days

4 days

5 days

Group I

3.1 ± 0.23

4.5 ± 0.21

5.1 ± 0.20

7.1 ± 0.23

6.85 ± 0.32

Group II

2.3 ± 0.21a

2.6 ± 0.22a

3.3 ± 0.31a

3.45 ± 0.198a

3.8 ± 0.26a

Group III

3.5 ± 0.25b

4.35 ± 0.27b

5.05 ± 0.31b

6.45 ± 0.34b

6.35 ± 0.28b

Group IV

2.4 ± 0.22ac

3 ± 0.23ac

3.6 ± 0.2ac

3.95 ± 0.276ac

3.6 ± 0.35ac

Group V

3.4 ± 0.26bd

4.25 ± 0.25bd

5.55 ± 0.35bd

6.4 ± 0.31bd

6.65 ± 0.32bd

Group VI

2.3 ± 0.21ace

2.65 ± 0.23ace

2.8 ± 0.28ace

3.05 ± 0.266acde

3.3 ± 0.27ace

Group VII

3.65 ± 0.25bdf

4.2 ± 0.24bdf

5.7 ± 0.36bdf

6.15 ± 0.315abdf

5.9 ± 0.38abdf

  1. a, b, c, d, e, f: Significant difference in comparison with the group I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII, at α = 0.05 (P < 0.05), respectively