Carotid artery bifurcation zone (a) and a fragment of the wall of the internal carotid artery in the area located directly above the bifurcation of the common carotid artery of a white rat (b) of the experimental group 8 weeks after the start of the experiment. Staining with methylene blue. Photomicrograph. Magnification: x200 (а) and x400 (b).

Carotid artery bifurcation zone (a) and a fragment of the wall of the internal carotid artery in the area located directly above the bifurcation of the common carotid artery of a white rat (b) of the experimental group 8 weeks after the start of the experiment. Staining with methylene blue. Photomicrograph. Magnification: x200 (а) and x400 (b).

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... 8 weeks of the experiment, the histological structure of the wall of the carotid artery (Fig. 3) was characterized by an increase in the amount of adipose tissue perivasally and in the bifurcation zone of the carotid artery and the carotid glomus, the appearance of an inflammatory cell infiltrate, proliferation of arterioles, an increase in the irregularity of the vascular wall, especially expressed in the media zone, changes from ...