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. 2021 Apr 29;8:671353. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.671353

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Copyright © 2021 Zhao, Zhu, Xia, Li, Guo, Zhu and Yang.

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MSG-induced abdominal obesity is counteracted by ABX treatment. (A) H&E staining in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus. (B) Body weight gain. (C) Food intake per day. (D) Mice morphology. (E) Lee's index. (F) Fat mass and (G) H&E staining of inguinal and mesenteric adipose tissues. Scale bar: 20 μm. (H) Liver weight. (I) H&E staining of liver tissues. Scale bar: 20 μm. (J) Oil Red O staining of liver tissues. Scale bar: 50 μm. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 5–6. Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc LSD tests. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001, ns, no significance. Arrowheads indicate eosinophilic neurons.