Research Article

Sevoflurane Exacerbates Cognitive Impairment Induced by Aβ1–40 in Rats through Initiating Neurotoxicity, Neuroinflammation, and Neuronal Apoptosis in Rat Hippocampus

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Sevoflurane inhalation increased protein expression of GFAP and IBA-1 in the hippocampus determined by immunochemistry and Western blot. Immunochemistry was used to determine the GFAP (a) and IBA1 (b) expression levels in the NS- or Aβ-treated hippocampus of rats after inhaling 30% O2 and 2.5% sevoflurane at the indicated times. Western blot was also used to determine the expression of GFAP and IBA1 in the four groups (c). The results in (d) and (e) were calculated as % of the intensity of the β-actin protein band and expressed as a fold change in reference to their controls. vs. Aβ + O2 ().