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Table 1 Experimental groups included in the study

From: Exercise attenuates neurological deficits by stimulating a critical HSP70/NF-κB/IL-6/synapsin I axis in traumatic brain injury rats

Experimental groups

Biochemical, histological, and functional evaluation

Sham operation

1.EP + sham + siRNA-vector

2.EP + sham + siRNA-HSP72

3.EP+ + sham + siRNA-vector

4.EP+ + sham + siRNA-HSP72

 

1.Western blotting: HSP70 and synapsin I

2.Neurological motor function assay

3.Cerebral contusion assay

4.BBB permeability and brain edema assay

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

1.EP + TBI + siRNA-vector

2.EP + TBI + siRNA-HSP72

3.EP+ + TBI + siRNA-vector

4.EP+ + TBI + siRNA-HSP72

5.Immunofluorescence triple staining to identify neuron apoptosis

6.qPCR cytokines and chemokines array

7.NF-κB ChIP assay

8.IL-6 ELISA

  1. EP + exercise preconditioning, EP , non-exercise preconditioning, siRNA-vector pSUPER interfering RNA delivery media, siRNA-HSP70, pSUPER small interfering RNA expressing HSP70