Fig. 3

PAE rescues the degeneration of pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus of the VD rats. A Golgi-stained neuronal profiles of hippocampus in rats. B Trends of changes of spine density and C dendritic length in Golgi-stained hippocampus based on Neurolucida-based morphometry. All data is expressed as mean ± SEM. N is 6 in each group. *P < 0.05 vs. Model group. All results were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA followed by Newman–Student’s t-test