Research Article

The Therapeutic Effects after Transplantation of Whole-Layer Olfactory Mucosa in Rats with Optic Nerve Injury

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The effects of whole-layer olfactory mucosa transplantation on RGC axonal growth after ONI. (a) Representative confocal images of optic nerves showing CTB labeled axons around the lesion sites in sham group rats, OM group rats, and NC group rats at 14 days after crush injury. Red asterisks indicate the crush site. Scale bar, 300 μm. (b) Quantification of the numbers of regenerative axons counted at different distances distal to the lesion at 14 days after crush injury. and compared to NC group, ANOVA with Bonferroni posttest.
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