Table 5 Mean TH throughout the basal ganglia by IHC staining on 20 male Nile Rats (3 weeks old) fed semipurified hiCHO diets (60:20:20) with or without 10% PFB for 8 weeks or fed CHOW diets without PFB until the development of severe diabetes.

From: Palm Fruit Bioactives augment expression of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the Nile Grass Rat basal ganglia and alter the colonic microbiome

PFB supplementation

n

Mean optical density*

No PFB

13

0.15 ± 0.04*

+PFB 10%

7

0.40 ± 0.08*

  1. *Mean optical density is proportional to pixel density of the stain. Mean optical density = mean ± SEM.Image mean density collected by Nikon software from area ~5000 nm2 from subsection of the positively stained TH area (striatum).Statistical analysis by Student t-Test.
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