Protective Effects of Tao-Hong-Si-Wu Decoction on Memory Impairment and Hippocampal Damage in Animal Model of Vascular Dementia

Table 3

The mean optical density of Bcl-2 and Bax in hippocampus CA1 after immunostaining.

Group	Dose (g/kg)	Bcl-2 mean optical density values	Bax mean optical density values	Bcl-2/Bax
Sham	—	0.191 ± 0.007^*	0.158 ± 0.011^**	1.215 ± 0.110^**
Model	—	0.202 ± 0.005	0.406 ± 0.014	0.498 ± 0.025
TSD	18	0.290 ± 0.016^**	0.202 ± 0.016^**	1.443 ± 0.127^**
TSD	9	0.239 ± 0.013^**	0.278 ± 0.012^**	0.863 ± 0.071^**
TSD	4.5	0.213 ± 0.011	0.374 ± 0.019^*	0.569 ± 0.015^**
Nimodipine	0.02	0.251 ± 0.008^**	0.216 ± 0.017^**	1.169 ± 0.119^**

All data are mean ± S.D., . ^*, ^** compared with model group.