Figure 3.

Effect of neural relay on DNA synthesis in hepatocytes after partial hepatectomy. (A) Representative images of BrdU‐positive cells in the liver. (B) Time‐dependent change of the number of cells positively stained for BrdU in the Cnt, PH, Cap + PH, and HV + PH groups. Five different sections from each of the five mice in all groups were immunohistochemically stained with anti‐BrdU antibody, and a quantitative analysis was performed using imagej software. The values represent mean ± SD (n = 25 for each group). ***P < 0.001, and N.S., no statistical significance compared with the Cnt group. Two‐way factor repeated‐measures analysis of variance followed by Bonferroni's multiple comparison test.