Exposure of neonatal rats to alcohol has differential effects on neuroinflammation and neuronal survival in the cerebellum and hippocampus

Table 1 Assessment of maternal care

Characterization	Air (% of total observation time)	PAE (% of total observation time)	t	p value
No contact with pups	23.98 ± 4.05	12.50 ± 8.41	1.23	0.242
Licking pups and arched-back nursing	7.10 ± 2.16	3.95 ± 2.54	0.94	0.365
Arched-back nursing	29.86 ± 7.00	26.02 ± 9.51	0.33	0.751
Blanket nursing	23.90 ± 7.76	46.68 ± 11.18	1.67	0.120
Passive nursing	7.80 ± 2.67	5.66 ± 2.91	0.54	0.597
Licking pups	7.37 ± 1.24	5.19 ± 1.48	1.13	0.281

Maternal care was assessed hourly throughout exposure and for several hours following exposure (as described in the methods). Key maternal behaviors were scored and displayed above. DF = 12, n = 7

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