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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Apr;27(8):2133–2146. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06177.x

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

Nissl staining in VTA and SN. (A) Representative Nissl-stained section illustrating the non-lesion and lesion hemispheres. (B) Higher magnification of lesion substantia nigra (100×). (C) The number of Nissl-positive cells in VTA and SN in the lesion hemisphere. There was a significant acceleration of cell loss in stress-treated rats and reduced nigral cell numbers at 7 days post-lesion. Asterisks indicate significant differences: *P = 0.05; **P = 0.01; unpaired t-test compared with lesion control animals. VTA, ventral tegmental area; SN, substantia nigra pars compacta.