Deletion of Ovarian Hormones Induces a Sickness Behavior in Rats Comparable to the Effect of Lipopolysaccharide

Figure 1

Comparison of immobility times (a), active times (b), and the number of climbing (c) in the forced swimming test between four groups. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM ( in each group). The repeated measures ANOVA showed that the immobility times in the OVX group were higher while, the active times were lower than those of the Sham group (). The immobility times in the Sham-LPS group were higher while, the active times than those of the Sham group (). In OVX-LPS group, the immobility times were higher while the active times were lower than those of the OVX group (). The climbing number in both Sham-LPS and OVX groups were lower than that of the Sham group (). There were no significant differences between OVX-LPS and OVX group.

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