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From: Activation of the peripheral immune system regulates neuronal aromatase in the adult zebra finch brain

Figure 3

Levels of cytokine and aromatase mRNA relative to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; fold change values) in adult male and female zebra finches. Following LPS-treatment, IL-1β mRNA is upregulated in both sexes and TNF-α in higher in females treated with LPS relative to controls. However, levels of both transcripts are back at control levels 24-hours following LPS, a time when aromatase mRNA is elevated in LPS birds relative to controls. The dashed line represents the level of each transcript normalized to “1,” in vehicle-treated controls, regardless of the levels across individual cytokines and aromatase. *p < 0.05.

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