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. 2007 Feb 1;56(9):1191–1197. doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.113688

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Figure 6 Effect of acute stress on the intercellular spaces of the oesophageal epithelium. Representative photomicrographs of the oesophageal epithelium in (A) control rat, (B) stressed rat, (C) control rat exposed to acid‐pepsin, and (D) stressed rat exposed to acid‐pepsin. An increase in the intercellular spaces was observed in stressed rats (B, D). Scale bars = 2.5 μm.