GFAP and Fos immunoreactivity in lumbo-sacral spinal cord and medulla oblongata after chronic colonic inflammation in rats

Table 1 Density of GFAP in the spinal cord and MVZ at various post-inflammatory days (%)

	Spinal cord		MVZ
	Experimental	Control	Experimental	Control
3 d	50.4±16.8a	17.7±0.4	34.3±2.5a	15.9±3.9
7 d	29.2±6.5a	15.5±0.6	15.6±1.8	13.0±1.6
14 d	24.1±5.6a	14.9±1.1	16.3±1.6	13.5±2.9
28 d	18.0±4.9	15.9±1.3	14.6±6.4	12.8±1.8

^aP<0.05 vs the control.

Table 2 Number of Fos-IR neurons in the spinal cord and MVZ at various post-inflammatory days

	Spinal cord		MVZ
	Experimental	Control	Experimental	Control
3 d	31.8±7.1	23.7±4.9	47.8±17.1	40.5±15.6
7 d	56.7±12.3a	13.5±2.6	78.5±13.8a	52.1±17.6
14 d	57.9±14.6a	13.3±2.4	81.9±27.0a	48.8±2.2
28 d	37.5±25.5	12.2±2.6	41.2±31.4	47.9±11.9

^aP<0.05 vs the control.