Table 1.

Body and Brain Weights of Offspring on PND 21 and PND 77

	AlCl3 in Drinking Water (ppm)
	0 (Control)	900	1800
PND 21
Males
No. of offspring examined	36	30	33
Body weight (g)	17.9 ± 0.9	16.9 ± 1.3	15.6 ± 0.8**
No. of offspring examined	24	20	22
Brain weight (g)	0.45 ± 0.02	0.44 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.01
(g/100g body weight)	2.50 ± 0.15	2.65 ± 0.26	2.79 ± 0.18**
Females
No. of offspring examined	24	20	22
Body weight (g)	17.4 ± 0.7	15.7 ± 1.5**	15.1 ± 0.7**
Brain weight (g)	0.44 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.02*
(g/100g body weight)	2.58 ± 0.19	2.82 ± 0.24*	2.90 ± 0.13**
PND 77
Males
No. of offspring examined	32	23	39
Body weight (g)	53.0 ± 2.8	53.0 ± 4.7	48.3 ± 2.1**
No. of offspring examined	20	13	28
Brain weight (g)	0.50 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.02	0.50 ± 0.02
(g/100g body weight)	0.98 ± 0.08	0.94 ± 0.10	1.04 ± 0.08
Females
No. of offspring examined	28	27	16
Body weight (g)	42.5 ± 4.4	43.7 ± 2.7	40.5 ± 3.4
Brain weight (g)	0.51 ± 0.02	0.49 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.03*
(g/100g body weight)	1.85 ± 0.08	1.89 ± 0.09	1.95 ± 0.17

Abbreviations: PND, postnatal day; AlCl₃, aluminum chloride.

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01, compared with the 0-ppm controls by Dunnett’s test or Aspin-Welch’s t-test with Bonferroni correction.