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Table 2 The correlation between the performance in MWM and hippocampal GDNF-GFRα1 expression in F2 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

Swimming distance

F2-CON

− 0.247 (0.440)

− 0.453 (0.139)

− 0.047 (0.885)

− 0.423 (0.170)

Mother-LPS

− 0.392 (0.207)

− 0.387 (0.214)

− 0.378 (0.226)

− 0.166 (0.606)

Father-LPS

− 0.626 (0.029)*

− 0.474 (0.120)

− 0.343 (0.275)

− 0.433 (0.159)

Parents-LPS

− 0.208 (0.517)

− 0.329 (0.296)

− 0.293 (0.356)

− 0.629 (0.029)*

Distance percentage in target quadrant

F2-CON

0.311 (0.325)

0.533 (0.075)

0.159 (0.621)

0.378 (0.225)

Mother-LPS

− 0.166 (0.607)

− 0.159 (0.621)

0.353 (0.260)

− 0.025 (0.940)

Father-LPS

0.449 (0.143)

0.248 (0.438)

0.568 (0.054)

0.281 (0.376)

Parents-LPS

0.302 (0.339)

− 0.051 (0.875)

0.254 (0.426)

0.675 (0.016)*

15 months

Swimming distance

F2-CON

− 0.125 (0.700)

− 0.468 (0.125)

− 0.387 (0.214)

− 0.026 (0.936)

Mother-LPS

0.008 (0.980)

− 0.468 (0.125)

− 0.249 (0.435)

0.230 (0.472)

Father-LPS

− 0.705 (0.010)*

− 0.536 (0.072)

− 0.687 (0.014)*

− 0.583 (0.047)*

Parents-LPS

− 0.674 (0.016)*

− 0.802 (0.002)**

− 0.646 (0.023)*

− 0.639 (0.025)*

Distance percentage in target quadrant

F2-CON

− 0.009 (0.978)

− 0.250 (0.433)

− 0.227(0.479)

− 0.038 (0.906)

Mother-LPS

0.246 (0.441)

0.250 (0.433)

0.524 (0.081)

0.501 (0.097)

Father-LPS

0.791 (0.002)**

0.831 (0.001)**

0.831 (0.001)**

0.939 (0.000)**

Parents-LPS

0.853 (0.000)**

0.534 (0.073)

0.701 (0.011)*

0.863 (0.000)**

  1. n = 6 per group
  2. *P < 0.05
  3. **P < 0.01. F2-CON mice whose parents were exposed to saline in utero, Mother-LPS mice whose mothers were exposed to inflammation in utero, Father-LPS mice whose fathers were exposed to inflammation in utero, Parents-LPS whose parents were exposed to inflammation in utero