Fig. 7

Effect of rapamycin on astrocyte density after 2 days of QA administration (n = 3–4 animals/group). Rapamycin was injected 15 min before QA injection into the striatum, and after 2 days, GFAP staining was performed. a–e Representative images of the staining with GFAP antibody in the right striatum at 20× (ipsilateral). f Quantitative analysis of the density divided by the area. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05 as compared with vehicle + PBS and ^## p < 0.01 as compared to vehicle + QA (one-way ANOVA, Newman-Keuls test)