Table 1. Primer sequences used for quantitative reverse transcription PCR

Primers1)	Sequences	References
BDNF	F:5‘-CAAACATCCGAGGACAAGGTGG-3’	Cheon et al., 2020
	R:5‘-CTCATGGACATGTTTGCAGCATCT-3’
BAX	F:5‘-GTGGTTGCCCTCTTCTACTTTGC-3’	Cheon et al., 2020
	R:5‘-GCGGACTCCAGCCACAAAGATG-3’
BCL-2	F:5‘-CGGCTGAAGTCTCCATTAGC-3’
	R:5‘-CCAGGGAAGTTCTGGTGTGT-3’
iNOS	F:5‘-CCTCGCTCTGGAAAGACCAG-3’	Cui et al., 2019
	R:5‘-CATGGGTTTTCCAGGCCTCT-3’
COX-2	F:5‘-AGCATCTACGGTTTGCTGTG-3’	Ma et al., 2019
	R:5‘-CCTGTTTAAGCACATCGCAT-3’
GAPDH	F:5‘-GAGTCAACGGATTTGGTCGT-3’	Cheon et al., 2020
	R:5‘-GACAAGCTTCCCGTTCTCAG-3’

BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; BAX, Bcl-2 associated X protein; BCL-2, B-cell lymphoma 2; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.