FIGURE 2.

Neuroplastic changes after sucrose consumption. (A) Schematic drawing showing the location of the acquired micrographs (prefrontal cortex). (B) Low-magnification representative image of the prefrontal cortex showing the distribution of the pMAPK positive cells. Scale: 250 μm. (B’) Quantification of pMAPK positive neurons showed no difference after sucrose consumption. (C) High-resolution representative image of pMAPK somatodendritic staining reconstruction. Scale: 50 μm. (C’) The volume of pMAPK neurons/staining was reduced after sucrose consumption. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (t-test). *p < 0.05, compared with vehicle (n = 8 per treatment group).