Gender-Specific Features of Behavior and Lipid Spectrum in Rats at a Remote Period after Exposure to Vibrational Noise

Abstract

Changes in rat behavior and blood lipid spectrum were detected 3 weeks after exposure of animals to vibrational (construction) noise. Males demonstrated anxious, simplified or agitated behaviors, while females–anxious or depression-like behaviors. Most evident changes in the lipid spectrum were observed in males with simplified and females with depression-like behaviors. In anxious behavior, the high-density lipoprotein level was elevated in males and reduced in females versus control.