Fig. 2. Immunohistochemistry for GFAP in the ischemic rat brain. GFAP immunoreactivity started to decrease in the core region from 2 h reperfusion and disappeared on day 7. Astrocytes in the penumbra formed astroglial scar between day 7 and 1 month. The boxed areas in the full-size brain images are magnified in the representative image. Scale bar, 20 µm.
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