Figure 7.
Gestational allergic inflammation alters juvenile and adult social behavior. (A) OVA offspring demonstrated fewer total play behaviors compared to vehicle. (B) Social chase was reduced in OVA offspring. (C) An interaction was found whereby allergic challenge tended to reduce rough and tumble play in females but not males. N’s = 6 MVs, 5 FVs, 10 MOVAs, 9 FOVAs. (D, E, F) display mean counts of each behavior. (G, H, I) display total amount of time (s) spent engaged in each behavior. Allergic challenge did not alter passive or active social investigation, but OVA offspring were less socially avoidant compared to vehicle offspring (F, I). N’s = 11 MVs, 13 FVs, 9 MOVAs, 12 FOVAs.