Protective Effect of Ligustrazine on Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration of Rats Induced by Prolonged Upright Posture

<table>Immunohistochemical assessments of the protein level of IL-1<i>β</i>. Positive staining of IL-1<i>β</i> increased in the cartilage endplate at all time points after the surgery. Ligustrazine treatment completely blocked the increase of IL-1<i>β</i> at the endplate. Arrows indicate the positive staining cells; outer, the outer layer of endplate; inner, the inner layer of endplate. Bar equals 100 <i>μ</i>m.</table>

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Figure 5: Protective Effect of Ligustrazine on Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration of Rats Induced by Prolonged Upright Posture 