Figure 2. Time course of the effect of bilateral cavernosal nerve resection on the smooth muscle/collagen ratio in the rat corpora cavernosa.
Penile corpora cavernosa tissue sections from the rat groups presented on Figure 1 were stained with Masson trichrome. Top: representative pictures (200X, Bar=50 μm). Bottom: QIA. SHAM: sham-operated animals; BCNR: animals subjected to nerve resection killed at 1, 3, 7 and 30 days after surgery. ** P<0.01, ***: p<0.001