Figure 3.
Effects of BTS on BDNF and p-CREB/CREB expression and histology in the hippocampus of reserpine-induced depressed mice. Isolated hippocampus lysates were analyzed by western blotting using (A) BDNF and (B) p-CREB/CREB antibodies. β-actin was used as the loading control. Frozen hippocampus sections were analyzed by immunofluorescence using (C) BDNF and (D) p-CREB antibodies. DAPI was used as the loading control. The presented data are representative of three independent experiments. The data represent the mean ± SD (one-way ANOVA: #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, ###p < 0.001 vs. control; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 vs. reserpine-only).