Table 5.
Regional GABA-T (ΔA660 / hr / 100 mg wet tissue) activity of brain.
| Brain regions | Groups of animals | Statistical calculation (F) | ||||
| Normal protein | Low protein | ANOVA Single factor | ANOVA Two factors (with replication) | |||
| Control | Aluminum exposed | Control | Aluminum exposed | |||
| Cerebrum | 5.60 ± 0.29 | 4.08 ± 0.26 | 3.87 ± 0.62 | 6.92 ± 0.81 * | 6.80 # | Protein : 1.01 Aluminum : 1.97 Interaction : 17.43 # |
| Thalamic area | 8.33 ± 0.33 | 4.10 ± 0.55 * | 6.33 ± 0.48 | 6.90 ± 0.47 | 14.35 # | Protein: 0.74 Aluminum : 15.59 # Interaction : 26.72 # |
| Midbrain-hippocampal region | 4.25 ± 0.27 | 7.42 ± 0.49 * | 8.28 ± 0.45 | 4.20 ± 0.39 * | 27.32 # | Protein: 1.01 Aluminum : 1.27 Interaction : 79.67 # |
| Cerebellum | 3.47 ± 0.47 | 2.00 ± 0.36 | 3.43 ± 0.40 | 3.80 ± 0.41 | 3.81 # | Protein : 4.63 # Aluminum : 1.80 Interaction : 4.99 # |
Data are means of six observations ± SEM. * indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) in comparison to respective control. # indicates calculated F is higher than the critical F (α = 0.05).