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

Table 4

Results of the behavioral test using the light and dark field maze.

Groups; (𝑛=6)	Line crossing; 𝑃=0.01; 𝐹=5.21	Transition; 𝑃=0.00; 𝐹=5.91	Groom; 𝑃=0.24; 𝐹=1.50	Rearing; 𝑃=0.00; 𝐹=9.65	Stretch attend; 𝑃=0.04; 𝐹=3.11	Duration in light; 𝑃=0.00; 𝐹=7.25	Duration in dark; 𝑃=0.00; 𝐹=7.25	Def.; 𝑃=0.01; 𝐹=5.25	Urin.; 𝑃=0.10; 𝐹=2.33
Group 1 (control)	23.00±2.30	2.88±0.58	3.75±1.63	14.50±1.94	0.00±0.00	0.21±0.05	4.38±0.05	0.50±0.33	1.00±0.65
Group 2 (200 mg/kg of chalk)	15.00±0.42^d	1.38±0.26^d	1.00±0.00^NS	5.00±0.00^∗	0.50±0.19^NS	0.03±0.00^d	4.56±0.00^d	2.00±0.27^∗	0.00±0.00^NS
Group 3 (400 mg/kg of chalk)	14.75±3.81^d	3.50±0.85^NS	2.50±0.57^NS	5.50±1.70^∗	0.50±0.19^NS	0.16±0.05^d	4.43±0.05^d	0.50±0.19^b	0.00±0.00^NS
Group 4 (600 mg/kg of chalk)	27.63±3.26^NS	5.50±0.93^∗	2.75±0.67^NS	9.50±1.18^∗	1.00±0.38^∗	0.54±0.14^∗	4.05±0.14^∗	1.50±0.46^NS	0.00±0.00^NS

Data were presented as mean ± standard error of mean.
∗Significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.
^bSignificantly different from group 2 at 𝑃<0.05.
^dSignificantly different from group 4 at 𝑃<0.05.
^NSNot significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.