Figure 7.
Effect of mBMSC and EA treatment on the expression of pCREB. (A,C) Photomicrographs and (B,D) histograms for pCREB and pCREB/Dcx (n = 5). pCREB expression in the striatum was markedly increased by treatment with mBMSC or EA. The number of pCREB/Dcx double-positive cells was significantly higher in the combination treatment MCAO group than in the control group. pCREB/Dcx double-positive cells are indicated by arrows. #p < 0.05 versus control group; *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 versus vehicle-treated group. Scale bars = 1 mm (A) and 100 μm (C).