Fig. 7.

The volume density of antibody labeling was determined using morphometric and stereological methods. The total volumes of IRvessels were measured in the STC (a, b), while the total sum for vessel length using stereology was plotted against age (c). a IR of various vascular antibodies were measured in STC. The graph (a) shows the average total volume of immunocytochemically-labeled profiles in STC for ASD samples relative to control values. The only significant increases were seen for nestin and CD34 antibodies, both of which are indicators of angiogenesis. **p = 0.0157. *p = 0.0385. No other antibody staining showed any significant difference between ASD and control STC. b Nestin IR was measured across brain region (b). The total volume for nestin-IR was divided across brain region between ASD and control. c Vessel length was stereologically measured for coded sections of ASD and control donor STC stained with a specific vimentin antibody. This graph plotted various brains for average vessel length density across age and no significant difference between ASD and control was found