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These included weakly increased staining intensity for somata discount flagyl 400 mg with mastercard, dendrites and poorly defined neuropil on the lesioned side discount 200mg flagyl with amex. The mean intensity of immunofluorescence over lamina II on the lesioned side (as measured in ten 25-µm-thick sections from two rats) was only 7% greater than that on the control side. However, more detailed image analysis revealed significant changes in staining, especially a substantial increase in the number of very bright pixels on the lesioned side (Popratiloff et al. Though consistent with an up-regulation of glutamate receptor protein, it was not possible from LM data to establish whether the increase was primarily in somata (perhaps reflecting increased biosynthesis), dendrites (reflecting increased transport), or at the postsynaptic membrane (re- flecting functional glutamate receptors). At the EM, structural details were clearly visible even in the absence of osmium, allowing identification of glomerular ter- minals at the end of PA fibers. Myelin whorls and glycogen particles were observed on the lesioned side, but not on the control side (Kapadia and LaMotte 1987; Zhang X et al. Another change apparent on the lesioned side involved glomerular terminals that in control material have dark axoplasm, few mitochondria and clear vesicles of irregular size. After periph- eral nerve lesion, these terminals can no longer be identified (Castro-Lopes et al. Other glomerular terminals in superficial DH with clear axoplasm, numer- ous mitochondria, and clear vesicles of regular size, corresponding to the central element of type C2 glomeruli (Figs. Quantitative analy- sis was performed on these terminals, since they were recognizable on the operated side as easily as on the control side. A larger number of particles coding for AMPA receptor subunits was evident at glomerular synapses on the lesioned (Fig. To verify these qualitative observations, we counted gold particles at synapses made by C2 terminals on the two sides in the three animals used for EM. In each of the animals, labeling at synapses of C2 terminals was significantly increased on the injured side, with ratios ranging from 1.