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Figure 6 | Molecular Pain

Figure 6

From: Activated spinal astrocytes are involved in the maintenance of chronic widespread mechanical hyperalgesia after cast immobilization

Figure 6

Clear neuronal injury exhibited by ATF3 immunoreactivity does not occur in the CPCP rat. These pictures show ATF3 immunoreactivity in the L4 dorsal root ganglion 3 days after complete sciatic nerve transection (A), in the intact (control) group (B), at the final day of cast immobilization (ipsilateral side) (C), and at the final day of cast immobilization (contralateral side) (D). A substantial number of stained cells were seen only in the sciatic nerve transected sample (A), but not in the intact (B) or CPCP groups (C, D). Scale bar = 200 μm.

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