Abdominal Manual Therapy Repairs Interstitial Cells of Cajal and Increases Colonic c-Kit Expression When Treating Bowel Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury

Figure 4

Morphology (H&E staining) of colonic tissues in different groups. After therapy, the morphology of colon tissues was assessed by H&E staining in the sham, SCI, SCI + Drug, SCI + LMT, and SCI + HMT groups (). LM, longitudinal muscle; CM, circular muscle; SM, submucosa; IG, inherent glands; MM, mucous membrane; EP, epithelium. Scale bar, 1.35 mm.