Figure 5.

Representative images of renal nerves with HE (A), Masson (B), PAS (C), TH-antibody staining (D). Magnification, × 400. Strong positive reaction to TH-antibody staining was observed in Sham-operated rats, whereas weaker reaction in RDN-operated rats. WKY-Sham indicates sham-operated Wistar-Kyoto rats; WKY-RDN, Wistar-Kyoto rats subjected to renal denervation; SHR-Sham, sham-operated spontaneously hypertensive rats, SHR-RDN, spontaneously hypertensive rats subjected to renal denervation.