Maternal LG has an effect on various components of the dendritic complexity index.

<p>To calculate the dendritic complexity index for the apical and basal dendrites of cortical layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons of high LG and low LG rats total arbor length, branch tip order, branch tip number and primary dendrite number were analyzed. Data are expressed as the mean±SEM. Asterisks indicate significant differences (* p<0.05, ** p<0.01).</p

Maternal LG affects the amplitude of spontaneous postsynaptic currents in cortical layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons.

<p>(<i>A,B</i>) Typical examples of evoked action potentials <i>(A</i>) and recordings of spontaneous postsynaptic currents <i>(B</i>) obtained from layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory cortex of male adult high and low LG rats. (<i>C,D</i>) Normalized cumulative frequency (<i>C</i>) and cumulative amplitude <i>(D</i>) of spontaneous events recorded from layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons. The amplitude distribution of high LG rats is shifted leftwards as compared to low LG rats (p<0.01, Kolgomorov-Smirnov test), whereas the frequency distributions do not differ significantly.</p

Differential reelin levels in the cortex of adult high and low LG rats.

<p>(<i>A</i>) Western blots immunoprobed for reelin with three bands at 450, 370 and 180 kDA corresponding to the full length and truncated reelin fragments in high and low LG rats. (<i>B</i>) Reelin immunoreactivity expressed as a ratio in optical density for reelin/ β actin for the accumulative reelin bands from high LG and low LG rats. Data are expressed as the mean±SEM. Asterisks indicate significant differences (* p<0.05).</p