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. 2017 Nov 8;37(45):10998–11020. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3874-16.2017

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Rapid and marked increase in the summed levels of the PR-active steroids progesterone and 5α-DHP after MCAO in the ipsilateral hemisphere of males. A, In the male brain, progesterone + 5α-DHP increased progressively between 1 and 6 h after MCAO and remained elevated at 24 h (F(5,45) = 7.87, p < 0.0001). B, In the plasma of males, pooled levels of progesterone + 5α-DHP remained low, but showed a small increase over time (F(5,37) = 6.48, p < 0.001). C, In contrast to males, levels of progesterone + 5α-DHP remained very low in the female brain and were not affected by MCAO. D, There was a slight, albeit significant increase in female plasma levels of progesterone + 5α-DHP at 4 and 6 h (F(5,28) = 13.1, p < 0.0001).