Research Article

Effect of Prolonged Moderate Exercise on the Changes of Nonneuronal Cells in Early Myocardial Infarction

Figure 1

Infarct evaluation. Myocardial infarction 48 hours after coronary artery ligation. Hematoxylin and eosin staining with hypereosinophilic cardiomyocytes and early inflammatory infiltrates (upper panel). Confocal image of the infarcted heart (lower panel) showing apoptosis (TUNEL, green) and the disintegration of structural protein α-sarcomeric actin (red) in cardiomyocytes present in the infarcted area. The square represents a high magnification of the TUNEL positive profiles.
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