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Table 1 Relative gene expression in each selected brain region. Numbers are fold expression changes relative to control, with control = 1

From: Hippocampus specific iron deficiency alters competition and cooperation between developing memory systems

mRNA transcript level

Hippocampus (ID/IS)

Nucleus accumbens (ID/IS)

Ventral midbrain (ID/IS)

Striatum (ID/IS)

Prefrontal Cortex (ID/IS)

Tfrc-1 (transferrin receptor-1)

1.25*

1.35**

0.92 n.s.

1.12 n.s.

1.41*

Tf (transferrin)

1.33*

1.24*

0.99 n.s.

0.66***

1.32*

Ferritin, heavy

1.17**

1.21 n.s.

0.89 n.s.

0.92 n.s.

0.99 n.s.

Tyrosine hydroxylase

0.81 n.s.

0.90 n.s.

1.07 n.s.

0.71*

1.51 n.s.

Myelin basic protein

0.89 n.s.

0.96 n.s.

0.65*

0.65***

0.81 n.s.

Camk2a

0.91 n.s.

1.40*

0.82 n.s.

1.24*

0.73*

cFos

0.53*

0.96 n.s.

0.43**

0.19**

0.57*

Slc2a1 Blood-brain barrier glucose transporter

1.26*

1.40**

1.10 n.s.

1.03 n.s.

0.79*

Slc2a3, neuronal glucose transporter

0.99 n.s.

1.27*

0.98 n.s.

0.79*

1.00 n.s.

Slc40a1 (Ferroportin 1)

0.96 n.s.

0.72*

0.74*

0.75*

0.64*

Dlg4 (PSD-95)

1.29*

1.08 n.s.

0.96 n.s.

0.82**

0.85*

Creatine Kinase, brain

0.96 n.s.

0.98 n.s.

0.88 n.s.

0.71*

0.91 n.s.

  1. n.s. = not significant. All animals are male, and 3 months old, n = 5 for each group
  2. *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001