Table 1. GluN2A and GluN2B mRNA in non-acclimated and heat acclimated rats.
| Time | Hippocampus GluN2A GluN2B |
Frontal cortex GluN2A GluN2B |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal Non-acclimated Heat acclimated |
64.4 ± 5.7 71.0 ± 12.8 |
61.1 ± 3.5 83.5 ± 8.5 # |
55.7 ± 10.4 74.1 ± 1.8# |
55.1 ± 9.7 88.6 ± 4.1# |
| 4 h Non-acclimated Heat acclimated |
84.3 ± 0.8* 91.2 ± 10.9 |
69.7 ± 2.0* 86.8 ± 9.9# |
95.1 ± 11.1* 77.1 ± 8.0 |
77.0 ± 9.9* 89.9 ± 13.9 |
| 8 h Non-acclimated Heat acclimated |
85.0 ± 3.6* 97.3 ± 2.8*# |
80.8 ± 3.8* 92.0 ± 9.3# |
66.2 ± 11.1* 120.0 ± 8.0*# |
58.9 ± 7.9 109.4 ± 14.5*# |
| 24 h Non-acclimated Heat acclimated |
57.8 ± 5.6 75.7 ± 6.3# |
55.4 ± 7.0 78.4 ± 6# |
55.7 ± 3.1 77.4 ± 6.2 # |
49.3 ± 1.9 75.0 ± 2.6 # |
*
P < 0.05 vs. matched subunit levels under basal-non hypoxic conditions ; #P < 0.05 vs. non-acclimated subunit levels following the same treatment ; No significant differences were found between frontal cortex and hippocampus for the same subunit.