Table 3.
Variables | Maternal deprivation |
Complex housing |
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Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
Adolescence | Body weight | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | = |
Social play after 3 h isolation | = | = | ↓ | ↓ | |
Social play after 24 h isolation | ↓ | = | ↑ | = | |
Adulthood | Body weight | = | ↓ | = | ↓ |
Social interest | = | = | ↓ | = | |
Social discrimination | ↓ | ↓ | = | = |
“↑” improved/higher, “↓” impaired/lower or “ = ” no change compared to control conditions (MD vs. no-MD; complex vs. standard housing).