Figure 2From: Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript promotes the differentiation of mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells into neural cellsMorphological change of MSCs with or without the exposure to CART. Particular changes in morphology happened to MSCs with the exposure to CART. Similar to the situation of the bFGF/EGF-treated group, several MSCs incubated with CART for 3 days became shorter and nucleus-convergent. They subsequently evolved to display round cell bodies with long axons in 6 days. In the control group, mesenchmal stem cells nearly kept stable in the appearance within the 6 days of, observation (scale bar = 50 uM).Back to article page