Figure 2.
No changes in number or size of dopaminergic cells in the mesolimbic dopamine system in neuropathic pain. B) Tissue slices from the ventral striatum of sham and cuff groups taken two weeks following nerve injury were processed for immunofluorescence with an antibody against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to label dopaminergic cell bodies in this region. Representative micrographs showing TH cell bodies from sham and cuff groups. Scale bar = 100 μm. Neither cell body size nor cell number were significantly different between sham and cuff animals. Groups were compared with an unpaired Student’s t test. p>0.05, n=3–4.