Table I.

The Effect of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury on Selected Peripheral Nerves

	Control animals (n=5)		15 min ischemia (n=6)
	Pixels	%	Pixels	%	Δ of NADPH-d intensity (%)
Saphenous nerve	173.00±32.93	67	141.65±35.06	55	12*
Sciatic nerve	186.01±29.65	72	139.87±19.28	54	18**
Femoral nerve	163.69±25.66	63	134.87±32.81	52	11*
Radial nerve	179.83±31.02	69	154.84±21.25	60	9
Mediane nerve	171.93±30.11	67	154.00±22.49	60	7

Note. The analysis of the data accomplished by using a 256-unit gray scale (0: black, 256: white). The change of optical density (control and 15-min ischemia) manifested by the increase of NADPH-d intensity staining in injured peripheral nerves. Mann–Whitney unpaired tests were used in statistical analysis of the data, which are presented as means±SEM, p-values less then 0.05 were considered significant. NADPH-d: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotidphosphate diaphorase.^* p≤0.05.^** p≤0.001.