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

Table 5

Results of the stereology of the cerebral cortices of the dams.

Group; (𝑛=6)	Cellular population; 𝑃<0.0001; 𝐹=2.020𝐸+07	Total surface area of cells; (𝜇m^2)	Average cellular size (𝜇m)
Group 1 (Control)	3689±0.37	17070	5±0.00
Group 2; (200 mg/kg of chalk)	7257±0.37^∗	17650	2±0.00^NS
Group 3; (400 mg/kg of chalk)	4367±0.37^∗,c,d	15820	4±0.00^NS
Group 4; (600 mg/kg of chalk)	6324±0.37^∗,b	18790	3±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.
^cSignificantly different from group 3 at 𝑃<0.05.
^dSignificantly different from group 4 at 𝑃<0.05.
^NSNot significantly different from the control group at 𝑃<0.05.