Fig. 4.
Treatment with sPIF ameliorates juvenile social behavior in Dp(16)1Yey pups. The results are presented as the mean time spent in the clean zone (CZ) and the nest zone (NZ) (A) and the time taken to enter in NZ (A) by WT pups (vehicle: n = 24; sPIF: n = 40) and Dp(16)1Yey pups (vehicle: n = 13; sPIF: n = 16). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD and were analyzed in a two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s post-hoc test. Due to a sex difference, locomotor activity was evaluated as the distance moved by males (vehicle-treated WT: n = 8; sPIF-treated WT: n = 19; vehicle-treated Dp(16)1Yey: n = 8; sPIF-treated Dp(16)1Yey: n = 9) (A) and females (vehicle-treated WT: n = 16; sPIF-treated WT: n = 21; vehicle-treated Dp(16)1Yey: n = 5; sPIF-treated Dp(16)1Yey: n = 7) separately (A). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD and were analyzed in a two-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s least squares difference test. * p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.005