Fig. 7.
The results of immunofluorescence and TUNEL staining in the hippocampus of pups (N = 6, PND7). a. Double immunofluorescence with antibodies against NeuN (green) and phospho-cAMP response element-binding protein (p-CREB) (red) demonstrated the expression of p-CREB on hippocampal neurons. b. Double immunofluorescence with antibodies against NeuN (green) and cleaved caspase-3 (blue) demonstrated the expression of cleaved caspase-3 on hippocampal neurons. c. The neural apoptosis in the hippocampus, as shown by TUNEL assay (TUNEL, green; DAPI, blue). The merged images showed overlapping localization. d–f. Quantitative analysis of the relative expression level expression of p-CREB, cleaved caspase-3 and TUNEL+. Scale bar = 500 μm. TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling