Figure 5From: Enteric nervous system abnormalities are present in human necrotizing enterocolitis: potential neurotransplantation therapyInjury to the enteric nervous system occurs in experimental necrotizing enterocolitis. (A) Representative hematoxylin-and-eosin-stained sections from a breast-fed rat pup with normal intestine, and a rat pup exposed to experimental necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) for 3 days with epithelial sloughing and villous necrosis. (B) HuC/D, glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP), and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) immunohistochemistry, with merged images shown.Back to article page