Lipoic Acid Treatment after Brain Injury: Study of the Glial Reaction

Figure 3

Immunofluorescence for GFAP (astrocytes in red) and Collagen IV (blood vessels in green) in control animals (a), nontreated animals (b), and LA treated animals (c) Nuclei become evident with Dapi (blue). Quantification of the density of contacts (n° contacts/mm²) established between astrocytes and blood vessels (d) and the total length of the contacts (μm). (e) Scale bar: 20 μm. **𝑃<0.01; ***𝑃<0.001.

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