Fig. 6

A Body weight of ICR-CD1 and SAMP8 mice at the age of sacrifice. Data are shown as mean ± s.e.m. including individual values. B-D Scores obtained in ICR-CD1 and SAMP8 mice throughout the study regarding the amount of the hippocampal PAS granules (B), the amount of IgM+ astrocytes in the vicinity of the fissures (C) and the amount of EP granules in the fissures (D). Bars show means ± s.e.m. of the scores from each experimental group, and the specific scores for each animal are also shown. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01. a.u.: arbitrary units