FIGURE 4.

Effect of maternal exercise on number of immature neurons in the ventral DG of offspring. Representative images of DCX positive cells in the ventral DG (A,C) sedentary control and (B,D) maternal exercise group at 20 × (scale bar = 100 μm) and 40 × (scale bar = 50 μm) magnification. (E) Maternal exercise significantly increased the number of immature neurons in male offspring when compared to male sedentary control, while this effect was not observed in females. *P < 0.05; n = 5–7 per group.