Table 1.

Gene expression of cellular markers

	Injury				Sham
	Ipsi		Contra		Ipsi		Contra
	Oil	E	Oil	E	Oil	E	Oil	E
L27A	1.28  ± 0.13	1.32  ± 0.09	1.29  ± 0.04	1.35  ± 0.05	1.39  ± 0.07	1.36  ± 0.05	1.31  ± 0.06	1.39  ± 0.10
NSE	1.22  ± 0.15	1.31  ± 0.06	1.33  ± 0.09	1.40  ± 0.06	1.38  ± 0.07	1.38  ± 0.06	1.37  ± 0.06	1.47  ± 0.06

Baseline levels of L27A and NSE mRNA were not affected by estradiol treatment or by ischemia (n = 8–11 per group), indicating that the overall number of live cells, including live neurons, were represented equally among the experimental groups. Data are expressed as arbitrary units of quantification (mean ± SE).