Effect of Electroacupuncture on the Expression of Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase and Ultrastructure Changes in Atrophied Rat Peroneus Longus Muscle Induced by Sciatic Nerve Injection Injury

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Morphology and sciatic nerve functional index (SFI) measurements. (a) Rat’s clubfeet on the side operated on (indicated by the white arrow) in the group SNI at 4 weeks. (b) Rat’s footprints in the group SNI at 4 weeks. N is the normal side and E is the experimental side. PL represents print length, TS represents toe spread, and IT represents intermediary toe spread. (c) An H&E-stained cross section of peroneus longus muscle from groups on a standard 50 μm scale. It represents muscle cross sections from the group CON ①, the group SNI at 2 weeks ②, and the group SNI+EA at 4 weeks ③. (d–f) show SFI (d), peroneus longus muscle weight (e), and muscle fiber cross-sectional area (f) changes, respectively. versus the group CON; versus the group CON; versus the group SNI at 2 weeks; versus the group SNI at 4 weeks or at 6 weeks.

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