Table 3.

Inflammatory load score (ILS) of each group of rats (sham-vehicle, sham-EFX, TBI-vehicle, TBI-EFX, n = 5/groups) measured in the ipsilateral side of the lesion 6 hours post TBI

	Sham			TBI
	Vehicle	EFX	p value	Vehicle	EFX	p value
Mean ILS (SEM)	2.371 (0.21)	2.114 (0.15)	0.292	3.371 (0.15)	2.464 (0.16)	0.003

Ipsilateral cortices were analyzed with the Bio-Plex Pro™ rat cytokine assays. The cytokines used for the score were IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α, and GM-CSF. Data represents mean (SEM)