Figure 4.
Microglia make close appositions with hypoglycemia-activated neurons in arcuate nucleus. (A) Confocal imaging of triple fluorescent-labeled section from ARC of hypoglycemic CX3CR1 +/gfp microglia reporter mouse. GFP (green) –microglia; c-FOS (red) –cell nuclei of activated neurons; and neurofilament H (NF-H) (blue) – neurons. (B) Representative images of contacts between NPY neurons (green) and IBA1 positive microglia (red) in hypoglycemic NPY-Ires-Cre ZsGreen reporter mouse line. The appositions between microglia and NPY neurons were revealed in the arcuate nucleus by using merged confocal Z-stack images with orthogonal views XZ and YZ, at 60x magnification. White arrows mark close appositions between microglia and NPY neurons.
