Research Article
Dietary Mercury Exposure Resulted in Behavioral Differences in Mice Contaminated with Fish-Associated Methylmercury Compared to Methylmercury Chloride Added to Diet
Table 4
Mice behavior in an open field mazea.
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aMean ± SEM, n = 8. bMeHg: mice were fed a MeHg-containing diet. cFish: mice were fed a 4.9% aimara flesh-containing diet. Values appearing in bold characters highlight those significantly different from the control values. Circles indicate significant differences in behavioral parameters for mice fed the fish-containing diet compared to those fed the control diet, as determined with the Students test, °P < 0.05, and °°P < 0.01. The symbol § indicates significant differences in behavioral parameters for mice fed the fish-containing diet compared to those fed the MeHg-containing diet, as determined with the Students test, §P < 0.05. |