Fig. 6.

Expression of IB-4 in the normal and post-ischaemic rat brain. Coronal sections from a sham-operated (A), and an ischaemic rat at 5 weeks post-injury (B) were stained for isolectin B-4 (IB-4). Expression of IB-4 was increased within the post-ischaemic SEZ, whilst high numbers of IB-4 + cells appeared ectopically within the damaged striatal tissue (lower right part of the image). (Panels C and D) High magnifications of the SEZ from a sham-operated (C) and a post-ischaemic (D) rat, reveal that ischaemia resulted in increased expression of IB-4 due to the appearance of more IB-4 + processes (white arrows). [LV: lateral ventricle; e: ependymal cell; m: macrophage; nb: cluster of neuroblasts; v: blood vessel; scale bars: 200 μm in A, B and 15 μm in C, D].