Table 1. Maternal LG has an effect on various components of the dendritic complexity index.

	apical		basal
	high LG	Low LG	high LG	Low LG
Total arbor length (µm)	862±54.0 *	1106±78.2	781.2±48.3 **	1008.9±53.1
Branch tip order	35.3±3.2 **	61.4±7.6	20.3±2.0 *	28.3±2.3
Branch tip number	8.9±0.5 **	12.3±1.0	10.8±0.5 **	13.1±0.7
Primary dendrite number	1±0	1±0	3.8±0.1	4.0±0.2

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).