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Table 3 HPLC analysis of DA, DOPAC, and DOPAC/DA in the left- and right-side mPFCs of the offspring rats

From: Pre-gestational stress alters stress-response of pubertal offspring rat in sexually dimorphic and hemispherically asymmetric manner

Groups

Sex of offspring

Position of mPFC

N

DA (ng/g)

DOPAC (ng/g)

DOPAC/DA (%)

Control

Female

Left

24

202.3 ± 3.11

106.9 ± 1.62

52.8 ± 0.34

  

Right

24

199.9 ± 3.7

107.2 ± 1.95

53.7 ± 0.27

Control

Male

Left

24

204.4 ± 3.26

107.5 ± 1.77

52.6 ± 0.34

  

Right

24

204.8 ± 3.01

107.9 ± 1.85

52.7 ± 0.43

CUS

Female

Left

30

198.9 ± 2.77

93.9 ± 1.38*

47.3 ± 0.24*

  

Right

30

201.3 ± 2.89

76.6 ± 1.58*#

36.9 ± 0.49*#△

CUS

Male

Left

30

202.7 ± 2.43

97.6 ± 1.34*

48.1 ± 0.29*

  

Right

30

202.3 ± 3.06

80.8 ± 1.69*#

39.9 ± 0.56*#

  1. Data are mean ± S.E. *:P < 0.01, compared with controls of the same sex and the same position. #:P < 0.01, compared with left-side mPEC for the same group and same sex.△:P < 0.01, compared with male offspring rats from the same group and same position.