Creating Well-Being: Increased Creativity and proNGF Decrease following Quadrato Motor Training

Figure 2

Western blot analysis of proNGF level in healthy adults. (a) Representative gel and blot for a typical QMT participant (QMT4). Left panel: picture of the gel after electrophoresis, showing total salivary proteins. Right panel: immunoblot showing proNGF. M: molecular size marker (values in kD). (b) Histograms represent relative proNGF level for all the QMT participants: each histogram indicates the average of the 3 proNGF values normalized to the most intense band present in the corresponding lane of the protein loading control. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. White (pre), relative proNGF level before starting the training; black (post), relative proNGF level after 1 month of training: the value is lower than before the training; grey (post), relative proNGF level after 1 month of training: the value is higher than before the training. (c) As in (a), but for a typical control participant (Control 4). (d) As in (b), but for all the control participants.

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