Fig. 7From: Melatonin alleviates brain and peripheral tissue edema in a neonatal rat model of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage: the involvement of edema related proteinsColon epithelial cells assessed via atransmission electron microscope. HIBD could result in edematous changes in the matrix, cristae in the mitochondria, the sparse distributed swelled microvilli, the vague epithelial cell organelles, remarkable decreased junctions and the loosened interstitial tissue (e-h) compared with sham group (ad). Melatonin treatment could reduce the severity of pathology after injury (i-l). Red solid arrows represent tight junctions, red hollow arrows represent intestinal epithelium microvilli, and â–² represents mitochondriaBack to article page