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. 2014 Aug 13;9(8):e103348. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103348

Figure 4. Detection of GAP43 protein expression in rats with sciatic nerve crush injury after 808-nm LLLT treatments using western blot analysis.

Figure 4

Representative western blotting and quantitative analyses of GAP43 protein expression in the sciatic nerve of normal rats with 8 J/cm2 LLLT (normal+8J) and in the rats with sciatic nerve crush injury without (crush) or with LLLT at 3 J/cm2 (crush+3J), 8 J/cm2 (crush+8J) or 15 J/cm2 (crush+15J) were shown. We detected the expression of the GAP43 protein in the sciatic nerve of left sham-operated hindlimb (left normal control; N) and in the sciatic nerve of right hindlimb at the laser-treated site (T) or a distal site (D). *P<0.05, **P<0.01, compared with the left sham-operated hindlimb (left normal control; N). #P<0.05, compared with the crush group at the laser-treated site (T). &P<0.05, compared between the crush groups at the distal site (D).