Research Article
Nanonaringenin and Vitamin E Ameliorate Some Behavioral, Biochemical, and Brain Tissue Alterations Induced by Nicotine in Rats
Table 1
Effect of treatments on locomotor and exploratory behavior of rats (in the open field test).
| | Locomotor and anxiety like behaviors | Exploratory behaviors | No. of peripheral square crosses | Rearing (frequency) | Freezing duration (sec) | No. of central square crosses | Central square time (sec) | 15 days | 30 days | 15 days | 30 days | 15 days | 30 days | 15 days | 30 days | 15 days | 30 days |
| Control | 67.4 ± 2.79 ac | 38.2 ± 9.65a | 12.0 ± 1.58a | 8.4 ± 2.07a | 61.8 ± 6.49a | 119 ± 44.22a | 2.4 ± 1.34a | 1.8 ± 0.45a | 3.0 ± 2.1a | 1.6 ± 0.89a | N | 27.2 ± 5.63b | 16.8 ± 3.96b | 16.8 ± 3.3b | 2.4 ± 1.14b | 28.6 ± 3.21b | 103.2 ± 16.16a | 1.4 ± 0.55a | 1.4 ± 0.55a | 2.4 ± 1.1a | 2.4 ± 0.86a | NNG | 74.4 ± 4.7a | 36.4 ± 2.7a | 9.8 ± 0.84 ad | 8.52 ± 1.41a | 139.6 ± 8.26c | 114.6 ± 12.68a | 2.8 ± 1.92a | 1.2 ± 0.84a | 4.0 ± 1.2 ab | 1.0 ± 1.0a | N + NNG | 39.2 ± 9.5 bd | 30.8 ± 4.76a | 6.6 ± 0.89 cd | 3.2 ± 2.17b | 111 ± 23.01c | 122 ± 28.64a | 6.6 ± 2.88b | 5.2 ± 1.8b | 7.6 ± 1.52b | 7.2 ± 1.9b | N + E | 46.4 ± 19.8 cb | 16.0 ± 4.69b | 5.4 ± 1.14c | 2.0 ± 1.58b | 119 ± 18.84c | 138 ± 28.64a | 2.4 ± 2.70a | 1.4 ± 0.55a | 3.0 ± 1.58a | 1.6 ± 0.89a | N + NNG + E | 50.4 ± 15.6 cd | 37.2 ± 7.56a | 6.8 ± 1.3 cd | 10.0 ± 1.23a | 236 ± 23.02d | 130 ± 30.82a | 4.8 ± 0.45 ab | 1.6 ± 1.52a | 7.4 ± 3.36b | 1.8 ± 0.84a |
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