Histological staining of the myocardium 15 days following AMI. Fibrosis is stained blue, and myocardial cells are in red. Clearly, the control group (left) demonstrates a great extent of fibrosis, which occupies most of the left ventricle. This is compared to the treatment group (right), in which the reward system was activated daily, which shows a small amount of localized scar tissue.

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