Figure 1

The neurodegeneration in the hippocampus of the KA-icv-injected mice. CD-1 mice received KA-icv-injections and were sacrificed at day 1, 3, 5, and 7 post KA-injection (KA-d1, KA-d3, KA-d5, and KA-d7). For control, the mice were sacrificed at day 7 post vehicle-injection (veh). The neurodegeneration in the ipsilateral side of CA1, CA3, and DG was examined by FJB-staining (FJB, green) and immunostaining with anti-NeuN (NeuN, red) antibody. Cell nuclei were stained with Hoechst 33258 (blue). Panel (a) shows the representative fluorescent images of the ipsilateral side of CA1, CA3 and DG. The location of pyramidal layer (Py), striatum radiatum (SR). Molecular layer (Mo), and Hilus (Hi) are indicated in the images of the left lane of the panels. The number of FJB-positive (b) and NeuN-positive (c) neurons in the ipsilateral side of CA1 (white columns), CA3 (grey columns), and DG (black columns) were calculated using MetaMorph software. The results are the mean ± S.D. from 8 images. The data in panel (b) are the percentages relative to the day 1 post injection. The data in panel (c) are the percentages relative to the vehicle injection. Significant differences between day 1 post injection and day 3, 5 and 7 post injection in panel (b) are indicated by #, P < 0.001. Significant differences between vehicle injection and KA injection in panel (c) are indicated by *, P < 0.001.