Figure 5.
c-Fos expression in PVNH and PVNT. (A) Western blot analysis of c-Fos protein in the PVNH and PVNT of the sham- and MI-operated rats in sham, 3, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days after MI. c-Fos protein expression is represented as ROD of target immunoblot band to the sham band in the (B) PVNH and (C) PVNT (n=7 per group). *P<0.05 vs. sham group. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error. MI, myocardial infarction; PVNH, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; PVNT, paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus; c-Fos, proto-oncogene c-Fos; d, day; ROD, relative optical density.