Table 1.

Control values for cell development markers.

		PND30		PND60		PND100
Measure	Region	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
DNA concentration (μg/g tissue)	f/p cx	1,053 ± 24	1,088 ± 32	937 ± 26	903 ± 33	829 ± 25	868 ± 17
	t/o cx	775 ± 17	844 ± 21*	749 ± 17	705 ± 22	813 ± 22	828 ± 16
	hp	752 ± 12	760 ± 32	681 ± 31	680 ± 37	674 ± 25	794 ± 30*
	st	816 ± 47	855 ± 76	928 ± 96	975 ± 90	864 ± 42	740 ± 36
	mb	851 ± 10	898 ± 11*	759 ± 16	795 ± 14	863 ± 17	893 ± 23
	bs	797 ± 15	802 ± 28	756 ± 12	786 ± 13	621 ± 9	670 ± 17*
DNA content (μg/region)	f/p cx	542 ± 28	562 ± 18	608 ± 24	576 ± 42	580 ± 8	538 ± 18
	t/o cx	264 ± 7	275 ± 4	267 ± 6	271 ± 7	253 ± 12	255 ± 7
	hp	75 ± 4	80 ± 3	79 ± 3	81 ± 3	85 ± 4	86 ± 5
	st	80 ± 2	77 ± 3	113 ± 8	109 ± 5	116 ± 4	93 ± 6*
	mb	222 ± 8	223 ± 2	229 ± 8	231 ± 7	308 ± 12	299 ± 10
	bs	113 ± 4	112 ± 3	149 ± 2	149 ± 7	152 ± 5	144 ± 3
Total protein/DNA (μg/μg)	f/p cx	81 ± 2	80 ± 2	97 ± 2	97 ± 2	92 ± 3	93 ± 3
	t/o cx	88 ± 1	86 ± 1	106 ± 7	119 ± 6	102 ± 3	98 ± 3
	hp	83 ± 2	78 ± 2	110 ± 3	113 ± 6	117 ± 4	113 ± 2
	st	87 ± 3	102 ± 3*	89 ± 4	86 ± 4	85 ± 3	94 ± 4
	mb	89 ± 2	92 ± 1	109 ± 3	104 ± 3	97 ± 4	95 ± 2
	bs	96 ± 2	97 ± 3	110 ± 2	106 ± 2	136 ± 3	134 ± 2
Membrane protein/total protein (%)	f/p cx	38 ± 1	37 ± 1	53 ± 1	54 ± 1	53 ± 1	54 ± 1
	t/o cx	45 ± 2	44 ± 1	39 ± 1	39 ± 2	46 ± 1	46 ± 2
	hp	49 ± 1	49 ± 1	54 ± 2	55 ± 1	50 ± 2	46 ± 2
	st	48 ± 1	48 ± 3	46 ± 3	46 ± 2	57 ± 2	59 ± 2
	mb	50 ± 1	48 ± 1	46 ± 1	48 ± 1	56 ± 2	55 ± 1
	bs	48 ± 2	47 ± 1	46 ± 2	47 ± 1	46 ± 1	44 ± 2

Abbreviations: bs, brain stem; f/p cx, frontal/parietal cortex; hp, hippocampus; mb, midbrain; st, striatum; t/o cx, temporal/occipital cortex. Data are means ± SEs obtained from six animals of each sex at each age.

^*Females significantly different from males.