Table 1. Brain and plasma levels of monoamines and their metabolites.

		Striatum	Hippocampus	Prefrontal cortex	Plasma
	Control	51.13±1.10	32.14±1.67	23.81±0.69	160.45±3.70
DA	LPS	80.61±2.79	38.52±1.00	33.26±1.33	213.55±4.51
	T-test	t(41) = -10.65, p<0.001	t(41) = -3.07, p<0.01	t(41) = -6.68, p<0.001	t(41) = -9.19, p<0.001
	Control	15.43±0.50	24.91±0.52	16.03±0.46	7.42±0.19
DOPAC	LPS	25.40±1.08	29.30±0.77	22.55±0.78	8.95±0.13
	T-test	t(41) = -8.97, p<0.001	t(41) = -4.91, p<0.001	t(41) = -7.52, p<0.001	t(41) = -6.39, p<0.001
	Control	7.45±0.27	16.81±0.53	14.84±0.69	4.94±0.18
3-MT	LPS	4.53±0.17	14.02±0.38	9.28±0.60	7.90±0.30
	T-test	t(41) = 8.62, p<0.001	t(41) = 4.07, p<0.001	t(41) = 5.91, p<0.001	t(41) = -8.74, p<0.001
	Control	12.76±0.38	27.79±1.26	18.77±0.66	5.69±0.28
HVA	LPS	21.70±0.69	38.35±1.94	25.73±0.70	9.23±0.24
	T-test	t(41) = -11.88, p<0.001	t(41) = -4.73, p<0.001	t(41) = -7.19, p<0.001	t(41) = -9.36, p<0.001
	Control	24.80±0.77	33.47±1.50	25.30±0.60	46.33±2.04
5-HT	LPS	18.62±1.12	22.54±0.90	19.53±0.59	41.89±1.79
	T-test	t(41) = 4.68, p<0.001	t(41) = 5.84, p<0.001	t(41) = 6.75, p<0.001	t(41) = 1.59, p = 0.12
	Control	13.59±0.69	17.51±0.48	22.67±1.00	230.50±3.53
5-HIAA	LPS	20.00±0.85	22.96±1.57	30.29±0.98	245.32±2.35
	T-test	t(41) = -5.91, p<0.001	t(41) = -3.64, p<0.001	t(41) = -5.36, p<0.001	t(41) = -3.30, p<0.01

Values (ng/ml) represent mean ± SEM.