Effects of Shenque Moxibustion on Behavioral Changes and Brain Oxidative State in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

Figure 5

Hippocampus β-amyloid plaque. (a) The pictures reflect the β-amyloid plaque expression in 4 groups under Congo red straining (original magnification 400). (A) represents normal control group (), (B) represents no treatment control group (), (C) represents sham moxibustion group (), and (D) represents moxibustion group (). β-Amyloid appears as a cloud mass and shows strongly Congo red positive (B, C). (b) The graph shows different levels of β-amyloid; thus it can be seen that normal control group got less area of Congo staining for β-amyloid than that of no treatment control group. Same situation occurs between sham moxibustion group and moxibustion group. versus no treatment control group; versus sham moxibustion group.

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