Calabash Chalk's Geophagy Affects Gestating Rats' Behavior and the Histomorphology of the Cerebral Cortex

Table 3

Results of the behavioral test using the open field maze.

Groups; (𝑛=6)	Line crossing; 𝑃=0.41; 𝐹=1.00	Groom; 𝑃=0.05; 𝐹=2.97	Rearing; 𝑃=0.47; 𝐹=0.86	Stretch attend; 𝑃=0.07; 𝐹=2.61	Central square entry; 𝑃=0.48; 𝐹=0.84	Central square duration; 𝑃=0.47; 𝐹=0.87	Def.; 𝑃=0.57; 𝐹=4.58	Urin.; 𝑃=0.41; 𝐹=1.00
Group 1 (control)	20.63±5.98	2.63±0.65	12.63±3.52	0.75±0.31	0.38±0.37	0.96±0.96	1.25±0.84	0.00±0.00
Group 2 (200 mg/kg of chalk)	19.38±3.87^NS	2.38±0.63^NS	8.38±1.40^NS	0.25±0.16^NS	0.00±0.00^NS	0.00±0.00^NS	1.13±0.44^NS	0.00±0.00^NS
Group 3 (400 mg/kg of chalk)	12.50±4.11^NS	6.00±1.54^NS	17.50±6.56^NS	0.25±0.16^NS	0.00±0.00^NS	0.00±0.00^NS	2.50±1.02^NS	0.00±0.00^NS
Group 4 (600 mg/kg of chalk)	25.25±6.56^NS	3.88±0.72^NS	12.13±2.79^NS	0.00±0.00^NS	0.25±0.16^NS	0.25±0.16^NS	1.30±0.63^NS	0.25±0.25^NS

Data were presented as mean ± standard error of mean.
^NSNot significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.