Figure 6. Mild TBI range of blast-wave exposure dose-dependently increased the levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in rat brain microvessels.

(A) A representative of immunofluorescent staining of iNOS in microvessel of whole brain tissue cross section in control and blast exposed animals. (B) Corresponding Western Blot of iNOS and housekeeping protein, β-actin. (C) Bar graphs show the quantitative results of the iNOS immunoreactive fluorescence intensities. Values are mean ± SEM, (n = 4), and asterisks indicate statistical significance (p-value <0.05) of blast intensity groups compared with control.