UCP2 protein levels at E18, delivered with Caesarian section (CS) or vaginal birth (VB), P10 and adult mice.

<p>Mouse hippocampi were homogenized and mitochondrial proteins were purified and separated by SDS-PAGE. Upper panel, representative Western blot for UCP2 and Aralar (loading control). Bottom panel, graph representing the mean + SEM of densitometric signal of UCP2 versus Aralar protein. The levels of significance were denoted as *p<0.05, ***p<0.001 for the data sets (n = 3) connected by horizontal lines as determined by an unpaired t-test.