Figure 1.
Blood cholinesterase (CHE) activities at the end of the experiments. Blood enzyme activity presented as median (IQR = Inter Quartile Range) at 4 h after LPS injection (T5). No significant effect of right cardiac vagus nerve resection (VGX) was observed (p > 0.05). §: significant LPS effect for (A) acetylcholinesterase (ACHE, U/g Hb) activity (sham saline versus sham LPS, p = 0.031, and VGX saline versus VGX LPS, p < 0.001) and for (B) butyrylcholinesterase (BuCHE, U/L) activity (sham saline versus sham LPS, p < 0.001, and VGX saline versus VGX LPS, p < 0.001). The circles present outliers.
