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. 2017 Jun 16;14(2):939–946. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4622

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Figure 3. — EA reduces the activity of microglia and astrocytes in the hippocampus. (A) GFAP-positive astrocytes and (B) Iba1-positive microglia in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in the five groups, stained with DAB. (C) Quantified data for the five groups. *P<0.01 vs. control, ^#P<0.01 vs. MCAO and ^▲P<0.01 vs. EA + NS. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (n=5). Magnification of ×400. EA, electroacupuncture; GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein; Iba1, microglial marker; MCAO, middle cerebral artery occlusion; NS, normal saline; MLA, methyllycaconitine; DAB, 3,3′-Diaminobenzidine.