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. 2012 Nov 8;7(11):e49367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049367

Figure 1. Number of proliferating cells and early lineage commitment in the SGZ.

Figure 1

A, experimental timeline. Cells were labeled with BrdU at 4 weeks after irradiation (i.e. at 3 months of age) with two injections (8 hours apart) and sacrificed 24 hours after the first injection. The expected cell identities (BrdU+ → BrdU+; Dcx+ → NeuN+), if were allowed to continue the maturation process for another month, were also depicted. B, the number of proliferating cells (BrdU+) in the SGZ. C, the number of immature neurons (Dcx+) in the SGZ. Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post test was carried out. Radiation was the major source of variation in BrdU (F (1,21) = 20.13, p = 0.0002) and Dcx (F (1,16) = 9.30, p = 0.0077) analyses, and there was no genotype×treatment (radiation) interaction. P values indicate results from Bonferroni post tests. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Sample size (in the order of Sod2+/+/0 Gy, Sod2+/+/5 Gy, Sod2−/+/0 Gy, and Sod2−/+/5 Gy): BrdU, n = 6, 5, 7, and 7; Dcx, n = 6, 5, 4, and 5.