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. 2018 Oct 15;13(10):e0205403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205403

Table 2. Effects of maternal fenvalerate exposure during pregnancy on anxiety-related behaviors in mouse offspring.

0 0.2mg/kg 2.0mg/kg 20.0mg/kg F P
Male
Squares across 66.4 ± 5.8 75.3 ± 4.6 83.0 ± 5.9 73.6 ± 4.7 1.67 0.21
Total distance moved(m) 11.7 ± 0.9 13.9 ± 0.8 14.4 ± 1.2 13.6 ± 0.9 1.55 0.23
In center duration(s) 10.9 ± 2.6 11.3 ± 2.3 12.1 ± 1.4 8.7 ± 1.4 0.56 0.65
Number of feces 1.3 ± 0.4 1.6 ± 0.5 2.2 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.4 5.67 0.01*
Grooming 1.0 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.5 1.09 0.38
Rearing/leaning 27.8 ± 1.2 36.6 ± 3.3 39.8 ± 2.7 39.8 ± 4.5 3.32 0.04*
Female
Squares across 68.5 ± 2.3 77.7 ± 7.2 86.9 ± 6.6 79.3 ± 10.2 2.02 0.14
Total distance moved(m) 12.8 ± 0.5 12.2 ± 1.1 15.5 ± 1.0 14.8 ± 1.7 1.00 0.41
In center duration(s) 10.1 ± 2.5 9.9 ± 1.4 8.5 ± 1.1 9.6 ± 0.8 0.12 0.95
Number of feces 2.3 ± 0.7 2.3 ± 0.7 2.7 ± 0.9 3.8 ± 0.9 0.78 0.52
Grooming 0.9 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3 1.6 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.3 1.25 0.32
Rearing/leaning 37.5 ± 2.1 36.8 ± 3.6 42.5 ± 3.0 44.8 ± 3.0 2.02 0.14

The Open field was carried on PND35. The data was present as mean± SEM.

* P<0.05.