Table 2.

Effect of PROG on the expression of p-Akt, NF-κB and bcl-2 in the brain tissue of neonatal rats

Group	pAkt/b-actin	NF-κB/b-actin	Bcl-2/b-actin
Sham	0.52 ± 0.04	0.45 ± 0.03	0.48 ± 0.06
Model	0.61 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.05a	0.59 ± 0.05
PROG	1.22 ± 0.06b	0.53 ± 0.03b	1.19 ± 0.08b
Akt inhibitor	0.63 ± 0.05c	0.71 ± 0.04c	0.65 ± 0.06c

Note: Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. PROG, progesterone; p-Akt, phosphorylated Akt.

^aP<0.05 vs. the sham group;

^bP<0.05 vs. model group;

^cP<0.05 vs. the PROG group.