Figure 5.
Effects of XSECC on axonal damage in BCCAO rats. (a) Typical TEM images of axonal ultrastructure from sham, model and XSECC group rats. (Yellow arrow represented loss of myelin sheath, yellow asterisk represented swollen axon, and red arrow represented degenerated axon, scale bar = 100 nm, n = 2 per group). (b) Immunohistochemistry staining of APP in the hippocampus CA1 area (scale bar = 50 μm, four sections per animal). Immunohistochemical (c) and western blot (d) analysis of APP protein expression in the hippocampus (n = 6 per group). ##P < 0.01 vs. sham group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. model group (one-way ANOVA followed by LSD’s post hoc test).