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Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2008 Aug 1;509(4):382–399. doi: 10.1002/cne.21771

Table 3.

Assessment of BDA volume, rostro-caudal diffusion and analyzed gray matter area of the spinal cord

	BDA Injection		Gray Matter Area (mm²)
	Volume (mm³)	Diffusion (mm)	Lumbosacral	Thoracic
Acute BDA injection
T4-transection	0.11 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.12	18.89 ± 4.52	18.81 ± 3.04
Sham	0.11 ± 0.02	0.64 ± 0.10	19.21 ± 4.16	17.29 ± 3.97
Delayed BDA injection
T4-transection	0.29 ± 0.06	1.32 ± 0.24	22.83 ± 3.58	15.99 ± 1.51
Sham	0.29 ± 0.11	1.27 ± 0.30	23.87 ± 1.83	16.62 ± 2.66

Data expressed as mean ± SD