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From: Differential expression of Cathepsin S and X in the spinal cord of a rat neuropathic pain model

Figure 2

Upregulation of CATS- and CATX-immunoreactivities in the spinal cord at 14 d after L5T. Survey micrographs illustrate the ipsilateral increase of CATS- and CATX-immunoreactivity in whole spinal cord sections (A, B), in the dorsal horn (DH) (C-F), the layer IX of the ventral horn (VH) and the fasciculus gracilis (FG). In the FG immunopositive cells exhibit macrophage-like morphology (K, M) and in the VH small immunopositive cells engulf motoneurons (G, I). At this time point the ipsilateral nucleus gracilis exhibits more intense CATS- (L) and CATX-staining (N) than the contralateral side. Scale bars, 500 μm (A, B, L, N), 20 μm (C-J), 10 μm (K, M).

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