Figure 5.

Optic nerve transplanted NSCs following ONT modify the host response following injury. Representative images from longitudinal optic nerve sections stained for GFAP 2 weeks after (A) unlesioned control, (B) ONT, or (C) ONT with NSC graft. (D) Quantification of GFAP immunoreactivity demonstrates increased GFAP immunoreactivity at the proximal transected optic nerve end with an NSC graft. P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey test. n = 6 animals per group; error bars represent SD. Scale bars: 200 µm. ONT, optic nerve transection.