Table 1.

Group design and timeline of the study.

	Group 1 (Sham; n = 12)	Group 2 (NRA; n = 12)	Group 3 (Vehicle; n = 12)
Day −3	Acclimation to the environment and the behavioral tests
Day −1	Baseline for all behavioral tests
Day 0	T9 laminectomy only	T9 SCI + osmotic pump implantation for i.t. NRA-delivery	T9 SCI + osmotic pump implantation for i.t. saline-delivery
Day 1	BBB open field score only; MRI (n = 3/group)
Day 3	BBB open field score only; MRI (n = 3/group)
Day 7	All behavioral tests; MRI (n = 3/group) + sacrifice without perfusion for wet and dry weight analysis (n = 6/group); Sacrifice with perfusion for immunhistochemistry staining (n = 6/group)