Figure 1.
Expression levels of synapsin genes in the mouse striatum change after RF-EMF exposure. (A–C) Striatal total RNA was extracted from sham-exposed and RF-EMF-exposed mice and analyzed for synapsin I/II/III expression levels. The relative mRNA levels of synapsin I/II/III were normalized to the expression level of GAPDH by the 2−ΔΔCt method. (D) Shown are the expression levels of synapsin genes by sqRT-PCR followed by electrophoresis on 1.5% agarose gel. Cropped, representative gel images are shown. The expression values in the striatum of RF-EMF-exposed mice were normalized to those of the sham-exposed mice. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical significance was evaluated using a two-tailed, unpaired Student’s t-test (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01).