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

Table 4 Western blot analysis of DAT, NET, and COMT in the left- and right-side mPFCs of the offspring rats

Groups	Sex of offspring	Position of mPFC	N	DAT	NET	COMT
Control	Female	Left	24	0.465 ± 0.0067	0.451 ± 0.0055	0.375 ± 0.0057
		Right	24	0.458 ± 0.006	0.461 ± 0.0059	0.368 ± 0.0053
Control	Male	Left	24	0.468 ± 0.0059	0.459 ± 0.0065	0.394 ± 0.0058
		Right	24	0.463 ± 0.0051	0.452 ± 0.0055	0.385 ± 0.0065
CUS	Female	Left	30	0.405 ± 0.0059*	0.351 ± 0.0051*^△	0.335 ± 0.0067*^△
		Right	30	0.414 ± 0.0054*	0.320 ± 0.0045*^#△	0.205 ± 0.0039*^#△
CUS	Male	Left	30	0.421 ± 0.0079*	0.410 ± 0.0046*	0.381 ± 0.0045
		Right	30	0.418 ± 0.0066*	0.368 ± 0.006*^#	0.315 ± 0.0038*^#

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 of the same group and same sex.^△:P < 0.01, compared with male offspring rats of the same group and same position.

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