Table 3.

Intracellular ROS accumulation in cerebral and peripheral cells of anxious and non-anxious mice

	Mean fluorescent intensity (arbitrary units)
Type of cells	Anxious mice	Non-anxious mice
Neurons of cerebral cortex	1223 ± 232**	177 ± 76
Neurons of cerebellum	546 ± 128*	227 ± 41
Neurons of hippocampus	1749 ± 566*	227 ± 51
Glial cells of cerebral cortex	429 ± 48	310 ± 72
Glial cells of cerebellum	343 ± 36*	195 ± 31
Glial cells of hippocampus	468 ± 43*	319 ± 29
Lymphocytes	251 ± 46*	152 ± 11
Monocytes	56 ± 9*	35 ± 2.5
Granulocytes	1979 ± 405**	448 ± 77

The mean fluorescent intensity corresponds to fluorescence resulting from intracellular DCFH-DA oxidation by intracellular ROS. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. (n = 10). *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. (data published by Rammal et al.42 in Brain Behav Immun).