Figure 5

TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells counts. TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells were counted in the hippocampus and thalamus of 10 μm coronal sections from ME7 animals treated with or without LPS in the presence of absence of dexamethasone-21-phosphate. NBH animals treated with dexamethasone were also included to demonstrate reduced numbers in non-ME7 animals. Two coronal sections were counted and summed in each case. Data were analysed by Bonferroni post-hoc test after a significant main effect of treatment by one-way ANOVA, ** p < 0.01. n = 4 for ME7+dex and NBH+dex and n = 5 for all other groups. All data have been presented as mean ± SEM.