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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2014 Aug 28;1585:51–62. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.021

Figure 6. Gene expression and correlation of AMPA receptor subunits in the RVLM.

Figure 6

Bar graphs compare the gene expression of AMPA receptor subunits GLUR1 (A), GLUR2 (C) and GLUR3 (E) in spinally-projecting RVLM neurons between sedentary and active rats measured by real-time qRT-PCR. Data presented as fold change ± S.D. Correlation was determined between the total running distance in active animals and fold change of AMPA receptor subunits GLUR1 (B), GLUR2 (D) and GLUR3 (F) in spinally-projecting RVLM neurons. Gene expression of GLUR3 showed inverse correlation with the total running distance (p = 0.01) suggesting that physical activity could contribute to GLUR3 neuroplasticity in the RVLM.