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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Dis. 2020 Oct 28;147:105153. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105153

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8.

LAR peptide promoted sprouting of modulatoiy serotonergic axons within the PhMN pool. At 8 weeks after hemisection SCI, we assessed the density of serotonergic axon innervation of the PhMN pool on the side of injury by performing immunohistoehemistry for serotonin (5-HT) and quantifying the total length of 5-HT+ axons. Sagittal sections of the cervical spinal cord show that, compared to DMSO-only control (A), LAR peptide significantly increased 5-HT axon sprouting within the ipsilateral phrenic nucleus at C3 (B—C) at 8 weeks post-injury (n = 6 animals per group, *P = 0.02). However, LAR peptide did not affect the density of 5-HT axon innervation of the ipsilateral PhMN pool at C4 (D; P = 0.42) or C5 (E; P = 0.44). Scale bar: 100 μm. Arrowheads indicate 5-HT+ axons.