Figure 5From: Acute paretic syndrome in juvenile White Leghorn chickens resembles late stages of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies in humansImmunohistochemical illustration of Ricinus communis agglutinin-1 (RCA-1) -positive microglial cells in the white matter of spinal cord. The RCA-1-positive microglial cells (arrowheads) in both healthy (A) and AvIDP-affected (B) chicken show incospicuous ramified microglial cells. Activated microglial cells or an increased number were not observed. A, B: asterisk = endothelium (also stains RCA-1 positive); scale bar = 250 μm.Back to article page