Expression of gastrointestinal nesfatin-1 and gastric emptying in ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus- and ventrolateral hypothalamic nucleus-lesioned rats

Figure 3 Immunohistochemical localisation of nesfatin-1 in the gastrointestinal tissues. A-D: Nesfatin-1 IR cells (brown) in the stomach of VMH-lesioned, VMH-sham, VLH-lesioned, and VLH-sham rats, respectively; E-H: Nesfatin-1 IR cells (brown) in the duodenum of VMH-lesioned, VMH-sham, VLH-lesioned, and VLH-sham rats, respectively; I-L: Nesfatin-1 IR cells (brown) in the small intestine of VMH-lesioned, VMH-sham, VLH-lesioned, and VLH-sham rats, respectively. All of the magnifications are × 200 with the exception of the stomach, which is × 100. VMH: Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; VLH: Ventrolateral hypothalamic nucleus; IR: Immunoreactive.