Histopathological and Biochemical Assessment of Neuroprotective Effects of Sodium Valproate and Lutein on the Pilocarpine Albino Rat Model of Epilepsy

Figure 18

A photomicrograph of a rat group V (PLC/L). The images show (a) CA1, (b) CA3, and (c) DG, showing apparent decrease of the GFAP positive brownish reaction. Notice that astrocytes present shorter processes (↑) as well as decrease in the intensity of GFAP compared to that of group II (Epileptic model group) and group III (PLC/SPA), in the DG showing an apparent increase of the positive brownish reaction for GFAP as compared to group I (control negative). Scale 50 μm, group V (PLC/L), GFAP immunostaining ×20.

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