Figure 4.
Rapamycin does not prevent SE-induced granule cell enlargement. Confocal maximum projections of GFP-expressing granule cells. Mice that underwent SE and received daily vehicle injections contained granule cells with enlarged somas. Mice receiving rapamycin treatment following SE also possessed large granule cell somas. Non-epileptic mice (control) contained granule cells with normal cell bodies (~10 µm diameter). Micrographs on the right are enlargements of the boxed regions to the left. The graph shows quantification of granule cell soma size. ***, p<0.001. Scale bars: Left panels = 25 µm; Right panels = 10 µm.
