Fig. 1From: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces inflammation and hippocampal apoptosis in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitisExogenous BDNF exerts biological effects following intracerebroventricular delivery. a Experimental procedures. b Rats were weighed from the first day of pretreatment. The body weight of BDNF-pretreated rats increased slowly through day 4, at which time their weight was significantly lower as compared with that of rats in the PBS + PM group. *p < 0.05, BDNF + PM group compared with the PBS + PM groupBack to article page