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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2010 Jan 6;1319C:131–141. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.089

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Characterization of microglia by double immunolabeling with Iba1 and ED1 in spinal cord ventral horn (A-D) and brainstem (E, F) shows increased ED1 immunoreactivity present in some but not all activated microglia. Control tissue shows a lack of ED1 staining in non-activated ramified microglia stained with Iba1 (A, C, E). ED1 staining is prominent in virus-infected spinal cord and brainstem, merged images (B, D, F) and colocalized mostly with activated microglia (D). However, not all activated microglia are ED1-positive. Arrows in D and F indicate activated microglia lacking ED1 staining. Asterisks indicate central canal. Scale bar, 200 μm in B for A and B, 50 μm in D for C and D, 100 μm in F for E and F.