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Table 1 The correlation between the performance in MWM and hippocampal GDNF-GFRα1 expression in F1 generation

From: Effects of gestational inflammation on age-related cognitive decline and hippocampal Gdnf-GFRα1 levels in F1 and F2 generations of CD-1 Mice

Ages

Cognitive parameters

Groups

GDNF [r (p)]

GFRα1 [r (p)]

Protein

mRNA

Protein

mRNA

3 months

Swam distance

CON

− 0.482 (0.112)

− 0.572 (0.052)

− 0.388 (0.212)

− 0.342 (0.276)

LPS

0.088 (0.785)

− 0.401 (0.196)

− 0.159 (0.621)

− 0.389 (0.211)

Percentage swam distance in target quadrant

CON

0.450 (0.143)

0.536 (0.072)

0.500 (0.098)

0.507 (0.093)

LPS

0.400 (0.197)

0.364  (0.245)

0.245 (0.444)

0.439 (0.153)

15 months

Swam distance

CON

− 0.519 (0.084)

− 0.554  (0.062)

− 0.524 (0.080)

− 0.290 (0.361)

LPS

− 0.893 (0.000)**

− 0.788  (0.002)**

− 0.702 (0.011)*

− 0.788 (0.002)**

Percentage swam distance in target quadrant

CON

0.099 (0.760)

0.146  (0.652)

0.230 (0.472)

0.167 (0.604)

LPS

0.666 (0.018)*

0.799  (0.002)**

0.709 (0.010)**

0.776 (0.003)**

  1. n = 6 per group. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. CON mice exposed to saline in utero, LPS mice exposed to inflammation in utero;