Figure 1

Quantification of (A) PI3K p85 and (C) Akt protein expression in fusiform gyrus of autism and control samples by Western blotting. Each sample was normalized to its β-actin. *p = 0.03 for PI3K p85 and Akt, 2-tailed t tests. Bars indicate mean ± SE. Autism, n = 11; control, n = 13. The mean from two independent Western blots per sample was used for statistical analysis. (B) and (D) Representative Western blots of fusiform gyrus showing autism (A) and control (C) cases. 35 μg for PI3K p85 and 15 μg for Akt of total protein from each autism and control sample were loaded.