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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroscience. 2012 Apr 19;212:180–189. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.036

Table 3.

The effects of MMP-2 and/or -9 KOs on the average microvascular size and numbers of laminin-immunoreactive microvessels in the cortex and the striatum.

Groups Cortex Striatum
Average microvascular size (μm2/profile) Microvascular numbers/mm2 tissue Average microvascular size (μm2/profile) Microvascular numbers/mm2 tissue
Sham 276.4 ± 29.3 332.5 ± 17.0 281.5 ± 47.9 286.1 ± 11.6
WT 155.2 ± 10.5## 307.8 ± 30.7 134.5 ± 11.9## 275.0 ± 25.3
MMP-2 KO 185.7 ± 30.3## 347.7 ± 47.1 152.9 ± 25.5## 261.5 ± 34.3
MMP-9 KO 170.0 ± 24.0## 344.3 ± 40.2 149.4 ± 14.4## 258.5 ± 28.9
dKO 180.6 ± 25.7## 356.5 ± 57.3 144.0 ± 21.7## 285.8 ± 20.4

dKO: MMP-2/9 double knockout.

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p < 0.01 compared with the sham control.