Table 2.

Hippocampal protein expression of NMDA receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A and NR2B) in control female (F; n = 12), Beta F (n = 10) control male (M; n = 13) and Beta M (n = 9)

Treatment	Sex	NR1	NR2A	NR2B
Control	F	0.62 ± 0.03	0.56 ± 0.02	0.69 ± 0.03
Control	M	0.65 ± 0.03	0.60 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.04
Beta	F	0.58 ± 0.03	0.55 ± 0.02	0.67 ± 0.02
Beta	M	0.56 ± 0.02*	0.51 ± 0.01*	0.60 ± 0.02*†

Data are expressed as relative optical density (ROD) of protein of interest/α-tubulin ratio, means ± s.e.m.

^*Significant effect (P < 0.05) of prenatal treatment within sex.

^†Significant (P < 0.05) sex difference within prenatal treatment group.