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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Diet Suppl. 2010 Jun 1;7(2):159–178. doi: 10.3109/19390211.2010.482041

FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 8

Representative MRI muscle images in the lower leg of 2 Protandim®-diet and 2 control-diet fed mdx mice at 6 months. The brighter areas reflected distinct MRI signal contrast enhancement: black: bone cavities; white: fat and conjunctive tissues; grey:muscles. (a) No enhanced white signal is visible on cross-sections of Protandim® -fed mice, although subcutaneous fat (nonmuscle region) gives similar signal. (b) More distinct gadolinium-enhancing (white) regions are visible on the muscles on cross-sections of the control diet in mdx mice. Gadolinium-enhancing muscle regions were quantified and there was a 35% decrease after 6 months of Protandim® diet (p = .07).