Figure 5.
The protein levels of nNOS, TrkB, Bcl-2, Bax, and caspase-3 activation in hippocampal neurons. (a) nNOS, TrkB, Bcl-2, and Bax protein levels in hippocampus neurons were measured by western blotting, then intensity was calculated using β-actin as an internal control to normalize protein loading (b–e). (f) caspase-3 activation. nNOS neuronal nitric oxide synthase, TrkB tropomyosin-related kinase B, Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma-2, Bax Bcl-2-associated X. n = 3, represents three biological replicates, each performed in triplicate. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, based on one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by least significant difference (LSD) post hoc test for multiple comparisons.