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. 2020 Jul 13;10:11521. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67876-9

Figure 8.

Figure 8

4-MU modulation of VIPergic innervation in the rat small intestine after I/R injury. (A) Representative confocal microphotographs showing the distribution of VIP (green) and HuC/D (red) in rat myenteric plexus obtained from CTR, I/R and I/R-4MU groups (N = 5 rats per group). Scale bars = 50 μm. Arrows indicate VIP+-HuC/D+ neurons, asterisk interconnecting fibers. (B) Percentage of VIP+-HuC/D+ neurons with respect to total HuC/D+ neurons and (C) density index of VIP immunoreactivity in small intestine LMMP whole-mount preparations in the different experimental groups (N = 5 rats per group). Data are reported as mean ± SEM. Difference significance: **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs. CTR; ##P < 0.01 vs. sham-operated; §§P < 0.01 vs. I/R by one way ANOVA.