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. 2017 Dec 18;7:17702. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17377-z

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Immuno-electron microscopy. (A) Mature excitatory and inhibitory synapses show absence of GAP-43 signal in the cortex of a Non-CD rat 4 months after PTZ induced acute seizure. The left arrow shows an excitatory synapse with spherical vesicles and asymmetric postsynaptic density. The right arrow shoes an inhibitory synapse with flattened vesicles and symmetric postsynaptic density. (B) Axon terminal within the cortex of a CD rat 4 months after PTZ induced acute seizure. Arrows show GAP-43 (10 nm gold). The star (*) shows spherical vesicles within the axon suggestive of excitatory output as described in Gray, 1959. (C) Capillary lumen from a CD animal with spontaneous seizures shows GAP-43 positive staining. Scale bars = 100 nm. Sample sizes: CD + PTZ n = 2, Non-CD + PTZ n = 2.