Figure 3: Blunted corticosterone levels in chronically epileptic Gabrd/Crh mice.
a, Average circulating corticosterone levels in Gabrd/Crh mice and Cre−/− littermates at baseline and in chronically epileptic mice 60 days following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. The blunted corticosterone levels in chronically epileptic Gabrd/Crh mice are increased with exogenous corticosterone treatment (21-day slow-release corticosterone pellet). n = 9 – 19 mice per experimental group; * denotes p<0.05 using a one-way ANOVA. b, Representative images of c-fos expression in the PVN of Gabrd/Crh mice and Cre−/− littermates 60 days following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. c, The average number of c-fos-positive neurons in the PVN of Gabrd/Crh mice and Cre−/− littermates 60 days following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus or in vehicle-treated controls. n = 6 sections/mouse, 3 mice per experimental group. * denotes p<0.05 using a two-way ANOVA.