Fig 5. Muscle damages.

Antibodies directed against activated caspase 3 are used on flexor digitorum and tibialis anterior muscles to evaluate cell death rate (number of dead cells per surface unit). No significant muscle damage is observed between muscles in each group. Furthermore, significant differences between Control and other groups are indicated by * for flexor digitorum and + for tibialis anterior (*** and +++, p<0.001). δ indicates significant intergroup differences for both muscles (δδδ, p<0.001).