Figure 5.

Protein levels of signaling proteins after VPA prenatal exposure. (A), No change was found in the expression levels of several phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated proteins in the nucleus accumbens. (B) Significant decrease in parvalbumin expression levels was found in the striatum. (C,D) Significant increase in phosphorylated mTOR protein levels were found within the motor cortex and the cerebellum. All data are expressed as means ± SEM; Student’s t-tests were performed (* p < 0.05). Saline males (n = 5 to 9), VPA males (n = 5 to 9). Figures are representative immunoblots.