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Table 3 The exploratory learning (time spent touching the object) in 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

Time spent touching the object (min)

1 day

2 days

3 days

4 days

5 days

Group I

1.44 ± 0.06

0.92 ± 0.05

0.86 ± 0.02

0.82 ± 0.02

0.796 ± 0.025

Group II

0.83 ± 0.02a

0.77 ± 0.02a

0.74 ± 0.03a

0.7 ± 0.03a

0.67 ± 0.026a

Group III

1.48 ± 0.03b

0.85 ± 0.02

0.83 ± 0.02b

0.79 ± 0.02b

0.76 ± 0.18b

Group IV

0.748 ± 0.03ac

0.67 ± 0.02abc

0.63 ± 0.02abc

0.596 ± 0.02abc

0.58 ± 0.021abc

Group V

1.36 ± 0.34bcd

0.96 ± 0.02bcd

0.88 ± 0.02bd

0.84 ± 0.02bd

0.81 ± 0..019bd

Group VI

0.61 ± 0.03abcde

0.61 ± 0.03abce

0.56 ± 0.03abcde

0.52 ± 0.03abcde

0.495 ± 0.02abcde

Group VII

1.56 ± 0.05abdef

1.007 ± 0.06bcdf

0.878 ± 0.04bdf

0.846 ± 0.02bdf

0.79 ± 0.021bdf

  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