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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Res. 2012 Nov 22;91(2):220–229. doi: 10.1002/jnr.23158

Figure 5. BDNF protein is upregulated in the dorsal medulla, the primary central target of NG afferents, in SHR compared to WKY rats.

Figure 5

(A) Mean arterial pressure of WKY (n=9) and SHR (n=8) rats measured in the week preceding tissue collection; (B) Levels of BDNF protein measured by sandwich ELISA in the dorsal medulla of WKY rats (n=9) and SHRs (n=8); *** P<0.001; (C) Levels of BDNF protein in the dorsal medulla (circles) and the NG (triangles) of each individual WKY rat and SHR analyzed.