Figure 3.

Moxibustion treatment improves the performance and protects the dopamine neurons in PD rats. (a) Effects of moxibustion on the TH-positive cells in SN tissue in the following groups (n = 6 per group, magnification: 40X and 400X): normal control group, sham control group, model group, and moxibustion group. Compared with the normal control group, ∗∗P< 0.01; compared with the model group, ∗P< 0.05. (b) TH-positive neurons counts in the rat SNpc in each group. Protein expression levels of TH were measured in the four groups. GAPDH was used as an internal control. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. ∗∗∗P< 0.001 vs. the normal control group; ∗∗P< 0.01 vs. the model group.