Table 4.

Expression Levels of the GABAA Subunit Genes in B6 and C3 Mice

Region of brain Mouse strain Expression level, mean ± se (n = 6)
α1 subunit α3 subunit β2 subunit
Frontal cortexB60.63 ± 0.06[ii] 0.87 ± 0.120.99 ± 0.20
C30.73 ± 0.04[ii] 1.03 ± 0.121.30 ± 0.36
HippocampusB60.18 ± 0.050.08 ± 0.030.27 ± 0.04
C30.20 ± 0.020.11 ± 0.030.27 ± 0.09

[i] The expression level of each gene is normalized to that of the GAPDH gene.

[ii] Significantly different (P < 0.05) between B6 and C3 strains by Student's t-test.