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. 2014 Oct 31;5:427. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00427

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Morphometric analysis of the positive areas for galanin and HIF in the human carotid body sections from the healthy young and old subjects, compared to the drug-addicted subjects, performed on anti-galanin immunohistochemistry labeling. One-Way ANOVA demonstrates a significant decrease in galanin expression on aging, and higher levels in drug-addicted subjects (p < 0.001); conversely, there is a significant increase in HIF expression upon aging, that is greater for the drug-addicted subjects.