Fig. 10
From: Persistence of post-stress blood pressure elevation requires activation of astrocytes
Diameters of the first-order processes of astrocytes in the cardiovascular brain areas CeA, PVN, DMH and RVM under each drug condition. The diameter of astrocytic first-order processes under Condition b (without arundic acid, with stress) tended to be consistently larger than under other conditions, suggesting that air-jet stress activated astrocytes in the cardiovascular brain areas. This activation was suppressed by pre-treatment with arundic acid. (a) Condition a without arundic acid pre-treatment and without stress loading; (b) Condition b: without arundic acid pre-treatment and with stress loading; (c) Condition c: with arundic acid pre-treatment and without stress loading; (d) Condition d: with arundic acid pre-treatment and with stress loading. Horizontal dotted lines indicate the pairs that are statistically different, Bonferroni corrected p < 0.05. Horizontal dotted lines indicate statistically significant differences (Bonferroni corrected, p < 0.05), while horizontal solid lines indicate more robust statistical significance (Bonferroni corrected, p < 0.01).
