Figure 3.

Neuroprotective effect of taurine (TAU, 30-100 mg/kg, by gavage; vehicle saline) on the reduction of immunoreactivity for the NeuN protein in the cerebellar cortex (a) and edges of the medullary center (b) regions of rats exposed to chronic-recurrent neuroinflammation induced by the LPS toxin (250 μg/kg, intraperitoneally; vehicle saline). (c) Representative image of the immunostaining obtained through the fluorescence of the selected fields (white bar: 500 μm; yellow bar: 100 μm). P < 0.05 was considered to represent a significant difference. ^∗ denotes a significant difference compared to the vehicle group (VE). # denotes a significant difference compared to the LPS group. Two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's post hoc. ^∗∗∗ or ### denotes a difference of P < 0.001. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), n = 5-6 per group.