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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2007 Apr 22;1156:152–167. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.042

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effect of cross-fostering on social behavior in prenatally stressed and non-stressed male rats. Rat pups from non-stressed mothers were cross-fostered to other non-stressed mothers or prenatally stressed mothers within 24 hours of birth. Rat pups from prenatally stress mothers were also cross-fostered to other prenatally stressed or non-stressed mother rats. On postnatal day 56, social interaction behavior was determined in randomly selected cross-fostered male offspring. Prenatally stressed male rats, regardless of postnatal rearing, were less inclined to display social interaction behaviors (# - p < 0.001) compared to non-stressed male rats. Data shown are mean social interaction times (sec) ± SEM for each group (n = 6 in all groups).