Effects of Zusanli and Ashi Acupoint Electroacupuncture on Repair of Skeletal Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction in a Rabbit Gastrocnemius Contusion Model

Figure 2

Processed and skeletonized images of neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Confocal photomicrograph of the NMJ (middle) was obtained with an OLYMPUS FV1000 confocal laser-scanning microscope. The staining area of NMJ was measured from processed binary images (left) and discontinuity was quantified using pixel positions of skeletonized images (right) generated in Image J (NIH) software.