Behavioral Improvement and Regulation of Molecules Related to Neuroplasticity in Ischemic Rat Spinal Cord Treated with PEDF
Figure 4
High magnification microphotographs illustrate MAP-2 immunoreactivity in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord of Sham (a), Saline (b), and PEDF (c) groups of rats. Animals were sacrificed six weeks after surgery. The stereological tool point intercepts (reddish color frame of an area per point of 400 μm2) were employed in the quantifications of MAP-2 positive dendrites and cell bodies of the rat spinal cord ventral horn bilaterally. Scale bars: 40 μm.
