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    Santa Cruz Biotechnology polyclonal goat antibodies against cox-2
    Representative photomicrographs of <t>COX-2</t> immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.
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    1) Product Images from "Celecoxib reduces brain dopaminergic neuronaldysfunction, and improves sensorimotor behavioral performance in neonatal rats exposed to systemic lipopolysaccharide"

    Article Title: Celecoxib reduces brain dopaminergic neuronaldysfunction, and improves sensorimotor behavioral performance in neonatal rats exposed to systemic lipopolysaccharide

    Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation

    doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-45

    Representative photomicrographs of COX-2 immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.
    Figure Legend Snippet: Representative photomicrographs of COX-2 immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.

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    Representative photomicrographs of <t>COX-2</t> immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.
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    Representative photomicrographs of COX-2 immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.

    Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation

    Article Title: Celecoxib reduces brain dopaminergic neuronaldysfunction, and improves sensorimotor behavioral performance in neonatal rats exposed to systemic lipopolysaccharide

    doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-45

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Representative photomicrographs of COX-2 immunostaining (A to I, SN) in the rat brain after LPS injection. Weak COX-2 positive staining was detectable in the brain sections of control brain ( A ). LPS injection increased the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase, as indicated by COX-2+ staining, in SN ( B , D and G , red) and striatum ( J ) of P6 rat brain. Celecoxib treatment attenuated the LPS-increased COX-2+ staining in the above areas ( C and J ). F is a merged image of D and E . Double-labeling (yellow) showed that many COX-2 positive cells ( F ) were GFAP + cells (astrocytes) ( E , green). I is a merged image of G and H . Double-labeling (yellow) also showed that some COX-2 positive cells ( I ) were TH + cells (dopaminergic neuron) ( H , green). The scale bar in A represents 50 μm for A to I . Quantitation of the percentage area of image that contained COX-2+ staining in the SN and striatum was performed as described in Methods. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM of six animals in each group, and analyzed by one-way ANOVA. * P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Vehicle group as compared with the Saline + Vehicle group. # P <0.05 represents a significant difference for the LPS + Celecoxib group as compared with the LPS + Vehicle group.

    Article Snippet: Polyclonal rat antibodies against dopamine transporter (DAT) and polyclonal goat antibodies against COX-2 were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA).

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