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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)