Fig. 3

Adult microglial responses to LPS. Rats receiving only saline during postnatal development were used as controls to determine adult microglia response to LPS (1 mg/kg) in cortex or cervical spinal cord. Gene expression was analyzed 3 h post LPS administration. Blue: males, red: females. Statistical significance is illustrated as follows: * LPS vs. saline; # males vs. females; $ cortex vs. spinal cord. One symbol = p < 0.05, two symbols p < 0.01, three symbols p < 0.001