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Figure 7 | Molecular Neurodegeneration

Figure 7

From: Fractalkine/CX3CL1 protects striatal neurons from synergistic morphine and HIV-1 Tat-induced dendritic losses and death

Figure 7

Effects of fractalkine or immunoneutralizing anti-CX 3 CR1 antibodies on morphine and/or Tat-induced TNF-α production by mixed neuron-glial cultures at 12 h. Tat ± morphine (Morph) significantly increased TNF-α production by mixed neuronal-glial cultures from striatum (*P < 0.05 vs. vehicle-treated controls); Tat ± morphine-induced TNF-α production was unaffected by fractalkine or CX3CR1 immunoblockade, although there was a trend toward increased TNF-α release in control and morphine-treated cultures with CX3CR1 blockade.

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