Figure 7.

ELISA measurement of αSMA concentration in cortical vascular-enriched fractions at three months and nine months post-injury. Biochemical analysis of the vasculature revealed a trend towards a decrease in levels of αSMA in the brains of r-mTBI at three months post-injury, compared to r-sham controls (P = 0.058, Mann–Whitney). There was no statistically significant difference in levels of αSMA between r-sham and r-mTBI mice at nine months post-injury (P > 0.05, Mann–Whitney). Error bars represent ± SD.