LBP protects the processes of newborn neurons in DG of hippocampus.

<p>(<b>A</b>) Representative images of doublecortin (DCX)-positive neuroblasts in the subgranular zone of DG. The lower panels are the enlargement of the frames in the upper panels. The arrows indicates the tertiary neurites of DCX positive neurons in DG. In control vehicle/saline and LBP/SCO groups DCX-immunoreactive neuroblasts have well-developed processes extending to the molecular layer of the DG. SCO treatment (vehicle/SCO group) led to significant reduction of tertiary dendrites. (<b>B</b>) Quantification of number of the DCX-immunoreactive cells with tertiary dendrites in the three groups. Values are means ± SEM (n = 6 animals per groups); ***,<i>P</i><0.001; scale bars, 50 µm.