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. 2014 May 25;2014:961438. doi: 10.1155/2014/961438

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Means of cross-sectional areas of tibialis anterior muscle fibers (type 1, 2A, and 2B) in rats treated with n-3 PUFA or vehicle for 40 days and dexamethasone or vehicle (last 10 days). (a) Fiber type size distribution; (b) representative mATPase dye histological images of TA muscle from the control group (left), and from the DX + n-3 group (right). Small arrow = type 1 fiber; large arrow = type 2A fiber; asterisk = type 2B fiber. Scale bar (100 μm). CT = control group (n = 6), DX = dexamethasone group (n = 5), n-3 = n-3 PUFA group (n = 6), and DX + n-3 = dexamethasone + n-3 PUFA group (n = 6). Values represent means ± S.E.M., analyzed by One-way ANOVA (∗) followed by Bonferroni post hoc test or unpaired Student's t-test (#), *P < 0.05; ∗∗ or ## P < 0.01, and ∗∗∗ or ### P < 0.001.