Motorneuron protection by N-acetyl-cysteine after ventral root avulsion and ventral rhizotomy  C.-G. Zhang, D. Welin, L. Novikov, J.-O. Kellerth, M. Wiberg, A.M. Hart  British Journal of Plastic Surgery  Volume 58, Issue 6, Pages 765-773 (September 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.04.012 Copyright © 2005 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Effect of N-acetyl-cysteine treatment upon the medial gastrocnemius motorneuron pool. Parasagittal sections through medial gastrocnemius motorneuron pool showing true-blue-labelled motorneurons, in a normal control rat (A), 8 weeks after L5,6 ventral rhizotomy without treatment (B), and following 8 weeks of intraperitoneal N-acetyl-cysteine treatment (750mg/kg/day) after L5,6 ventral rhizotomy (C). Note the reduced number of motorneurons in (B) and the normalised number of motorneurons and soma size in (C). Arrows indicate microglial cells. Scale bar=50μm. British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2005 58, 765-773DOI: (10.1016/j.bjps.2005.04.012) Copyright © 2005 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons Terms and Conditions