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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2019 Dec 19;77:40–50. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.12.012

Table 3.

Splenic monoamines and their metabolites in male C57BL6/J mice 6 h post chemicals exposure in two models of Gulf War Illness.

Monoamine or metabolite Model 1 Model 2
Vehicle – Vehicle Vehicle – LNFPIII PB/PM – Vehicle PB/PM – LNFPIII Vehicle – Vehicle Vehicle – LNFPIII PB/DEET/CORT/DFP – Vehicle PB/DEET/CORT/DFP-LNFPIII
5-HT 80.29 ± 7.02 94.69 ± 4.46 b 96.99 ± 6.78 b 81.30 ± 6.60 80.29 ± 9.30 69.29 ± 5.78 107.44 ± 9.30 a 100.87 ± 14.27 a
5-HIAA 0.66 ± 0.04 0.71 ± 0.13 0.74 ± 0.09 0.66 ± 0.06 0.66 ± 0.12 0.71 ± 0.09 1.02 ± 0.22 a 1.42 ± 0.25 a
NE 66.83 ± 8.12 70.10 ± 12.17 59.16 ± 5.43 62.21 ± 8.90 95.83 ± 6.65 93.08 ± 9.90 90.84 ± 3.67 110.32 ± 11.65
MHPG 43.21 ± 1.98 48.77 ± 3.10 41.90 ± 1.80 47.55 ± 5.96 34.96 ± 2.58 39.45 ± 4.81 43.15 ± 3.79 a 51.82 ± 3.24a

Data are presented as mean ± SEM; unit: ng/mg protein; n=6 per group, except the PB/DEET/CORT/DFP-Vehicle group, which was n=8).

a and b indicate significant main effect for PB/DEET/CORT/DFP or Treatment (PB/PM x LNFPIII) interaction, respectively, after a two-way ANOVA (p ≤ 0.05) and are bolded.

Italicized values indicate trend (p < 0.10) for main effect of LNFPIII. Abbreviations: 5-HT: serotonin; 5-HIAA: 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid; MHPG: 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol; NE: norepinephrine; PB: pyridostigmine bromide; PM: Permethrin; DEET: N,N-Diethyl-methylbenzamide; DFP: diisopropylfluorophosphate; CORT: corticosterone; LNFPIII: lacto-N-fucopentaose III.