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. 2014 Mar 6;9(3):e91303. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091303

Figure 5. mRNA expression of BDNF and Cox-2.

Figure 5

Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction was performed 7/kg body weight curcumin. Relative amount of BDNF gene (A). Relative amount of Cox-2 gene (B). Data were normalized to the β-actin gene. **p<0.01, CCI versus sham; #p<0.05 curcumin versus vehicle; ##p<0.01 curcumin versus vehicle (n = 10 per group). sham: vehicle-treated sham rats; vehicle: vehicle-treated CCI rats; cur20: curcumin 20 mg/kg-treated CCI rats; cur40: curcumin 40 mg/kg-treated CCI rats; cur60: curcumin 60 mg/kg-treated CCI rats.