Figure 2

Quantification by Western blotting and representative Western blots of (A) total mTOR and (B) phospho-mTOR protein expression in autism versus control fusiform gyrus samples. Each sample was normalized to its β-actin. **p = 0.003 for mTOR, ***p = 0.0003 for phospho-mTOR, 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. 35 μg for mTOR and 50 μg for phospho-mTOR of total protein from each autism (A) and control (C) sample were loaded.