Figure 2.

Cortical glial fibrillary acidic protein expression (immunohistochemical staining, × 200).

The nuclei of glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cells stained lavender with hematoxylin, while cytoplasm stained brown with diaminobenzidine. Arrows: Glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cells.

Glial fibrillary acidic protein expression was low in the cortex of normal (A) and sham-surgery groups (B); the glial fibrillary acidic protein expression was increased in the model group (C), but decreased in the carbenoxolone pretreatment (D) and carbenoxolone treatment groups (E) compared with the model group.