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. 2019 Jan 7;12:516. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00516

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Overexpression of IL-1β within the vmPFC leads to neuronal apoptosis within the vmPFC of normal wild type rats. (A) TUNEL positive apoptotic cells (indicated by the arrows) in vmPFC regions infected with AAV-IL-1β. (B) Histograms showing the increased TUNEL positive cells caused by AAV-IL-1β infusion were significantly attenuated by curcumin treatment. (C) Nuclear chromatin abnormalities in vmPFC neurons infected with AAV-IL-1β. Arrows indicate nuclear chromatin aggregation, condensation and margination. N = 6/group. P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001 WT + AAV-IL-1β vs. WT rats. #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001 WT + AAV-IL-1β + Cur vs. WT + AAV-IL-1β.