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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroendocrinol. 2019 Jul 15;31(8):e12762. doi: 10.1111/jne.12762

Fig 3.

Fig 3

Basal sex differences in microglial and astrocyte number and morphology in prelimbic cortex. Sex differences in prelimbic cortex were examined in unstressed SHAM male and female rats. A. Total microglial density based on estimated volume. B. Iba-1+ area. C. Process complexity per microglia. Microglial density is greater in females compared to males. D. GFAP+ cells counted per image analyzed. E. GFAP+ area. F. Process complexity per GFAP+ cell. Astrocytic process coverage is heightened in males. *p < .05 compared to unstressed SHAM males. X-axis labels represent layer (1, 2/3, 5/6). Error bars indicate SEM. Number of animals per group: SHAM male (unstressed: 6), SHAM female (unstressed: 7–8). Female outlier removed from microglial density (layer 1, n = 1) and area (all layers, n = 1) analyses.