Table 2 Western blotting results for GABA_A receptor subunits expressed as a ratio of β-actin in the lateral cerebella

	ANOVA		Control		Schizophrenia		Bipolar disorder		Major depression
Lateral cerebellum	F-test	P-value	Protein	P-value	Protein	P-value	Protein	P-value	Protein	P-value
GABRα1/β-actin	1.46	NC	0.331±0.127	RG	0.507±0.311	NC	0.474±0.266	NC	0.486±0.252	0.049
GABRα2/β-actin	3.35	0.027	0.126±0.083	RG	0.370±0.282	0.0046	0.321±0.273	0.017	0.271±0.154	0.0047
GABRα3/β-actin	0.46	NC	0.196±0.076	RG	0.239±0.159	NC	0.236±0.161	NC	0.193±0.14	NC
GABRα5/β-actin	2.02	NC	0.031±0.02	RG	0.063±0.067	NC	0.04±0.03	NC	0.033±0.018	NC
GABRα6/β-actin	1.76	NC	0.013±0.003	RG	0.015±0.007	0.23	0.016±0.009	NC	0.019±0.005	0.001
GABRβ1/β-actin	6.03	0.001	0.135±0.049	RG	0.066±0.031	0.0001	0.092±0.048	0.026	0.092±0.047	0.023
GABRβ2/β-actin	1.56	NC	0.035±0.013	RG	0.030±0.016	NC	0.025±0.008	0.025	0.034±0.016	NC
GABRβ3 (upper) /β-actin	2.01	NC	0.114±0.136	RG	0.058±0.063	NC	0.152±0.084	NC	0.109±0.103	NC
GABRβ3 (lower) /β-actin	0.77	NC	0.57±0.16	RG	0.59±0.14	NC	0.60±0.19	NC	0.50±0.21	NC
GABRδ/β-actin	0.46	NC	0.032±0.017	RG	0.034±0.015	NC	0.027±0.021	NC	0.034±0.017	NC
GABRɛ/β-actin	8.88	0.0001	0.015±0.007	RG	0.035±0.029	0.044	0.041±0.018	0.0006	0.079±0.046	0.0003
GABRγ2/β-actin	0.74	NC	0.016±0.008	RG	0.015±0.009	NC	0.012±0.005	NC	0.012±0.006	NC
GABRγ3/β-actin	1.53	NC	0.099±0.052	RG	0.114±0.059	NC	0.137±0.072	NC	0.141±0.055	0.047
β-actin	0.83	NC	25.8±2.07	RG	25.2±2.07	NC	26.9±2.91	NC	26.1±4.38	NC

Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; GABA_A, γ-aminobutyric acid (A); NC, no change; RG, reference group.
Bold entries are significant P values.

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