Fig. 2

HF-DBS improved the social ability in the VPA-exposed offspring. In three-chamber social interaction test: A Time spent by test rats in chamber S1. B Time spent by test rats in chamber S2. C Sniffing time between test rats and S1. D Sniffing time between test rats and S2. E Sociability index. F Social novelty preference index. G Representative heat maps of three-chamber social interaction test on day 18. Data are shown as mean with SD. Two-way repeated ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni test, ^*p < 0.05 vs. saline; ^**p < 0.01 vs. saline; ^***p < 0.001 vs. saline; ^#p < 0.05 vs. VPA; ^##p < 0.01 vs. VPA; ^###p < 0.001 vs. VPA