Table 5.

Cytokine levels in the amygdala of male and female rats are unchanged at 10 wk after MI

Cytokine, pg/mg	Male Sham Group (n = 4)	Male MI Group (n = 5)	Female Sham Group (n = 5)	Female MI Group (n = 6)
IL-1α	24 ± 6.0	29 ± 5.9	31 ± 2.3	29 ± 3.3
IL-1β	28 ± 7.5	36 ± 7.1	29 ± 6.0	33 ± 4.4
IL-2	49 ± 8.4	41 ± 3.8	50 ± 6.3	41 ± 2.0
IL-6	151 ± 45.0	205 ± 43.5	226 ± 16.8	201 ± 34.2
IL-10	217 ± 51.5	259 ± 44.0	267 ± 15.0	250 ± 28.5
TNF-α	124 ± 33.2	150 ± 27.6	226 ± 16.8	201 ± 34.0

Values are means ± SE; n, number of rats/group. Two-way ANOVA was performed for the sex and myocardial infarction (MI) interaction. In the amygdala, there was no MI effect for all cytokines. MI effect: IL-1α, F = 0.02, P = 0.9; IL-1β, F = 0.5, P = 0.5; IL-2, F = 2.5, P = 0.1; IL-6, F = 0.0, P = 0.9; IL-10, F = 0.03, P = 0.9; TNF-α, F = 0.2, P = 0.7.