Table 1. Effect of GABA on fetal body and lung weights during fetal lung development.

Condition	Fetal body weight (% Control)	Fetal Lung weight (% Control)	LW/BW (% of Control)
PBS	100.00±1.28	100.00±2.17	100.00±1.47
GABA	105.34±1.31*	118.26±2.86*	112.36±2.39*
Bicuculline	97.66±1.46	96.66±2.49	99.06±2.20
GABA+Bicuculline	101.43±2.14#	100.92±3.92#	99.15±2.79#

The fetal body weights (BW) in uninjected animals were 4.37±0.10 grams whereas those injected with PBS were 4.55±0.11 grams. Fetal lung weights (LW) in the uninjected and PBS treatment were 131.23±7.05 mg and 136.69±4.36 mg, respectively. The LW/BW (expressed as a percent) in PBS-injected fetuses was 3.02±0.06. Values represent means±SEM from 11–35 fetuses isolated from 4–13 rats. All the values were expressed as percents of PBS control.

*p<0.05 v.s. PBS;

^#p<0.05 v.s. GABA.