Fig. 3

LM11A-31 pretreatment improves the clinical and pathological severity at 24 h after PM induction. a Weight loss, b survival, c neurological scores and d bacterial titer in different groups were evaluated at 24 h post-infection. e Representative images showing the histological H&E staining of the coronal brain sections. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 8–20 rats). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Scale bar = 50 μm