Gene expressions of COX-2 and BDNF were measured as previously reported [48 (link)]. Briefly, after extraction through the TRI Reagent, total RNA was reverse transcribed using High Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Thermo Fischer Scientific). Gene expression was determined by quantitative real-time PCR using TaqMan probes obtained from Thermo Fischer Scientific. β-actin was used as the housekeeping gene. The analysis of data was conducted with the Sequence Detection System (SDS) software version 2.3 (Thermo Fischer Scientific). A detailed description of the experimental protocol is reported in a previous paper of ours [51 (link)].
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