Hemizygous offspring of the transgenic mouse line G167 which expresses IL-6 under control of the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) promoter were used for this study.
Mouse brain sections were incubated in primary antibodies: monoclonal rat anti-BrdU (Harlan Sera-Lab); polyclonal rabbit anti-GFAP (Chemicon); polyclonal guinea pig anti-GFAP (Advanced ImmunoChemical); monoclonal mouse anti-neuron-specific nuclear protein (NeuN, Chemicon); polyclonal rabbit anti-S100 (Swant); and polyclonal rabbit anti-ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba-1 provided by Dr. Y. Imai).