Fig. 7.
Growth factor infusion improves cognitive recovery following TBI. Graph compared MWM performance of injured rats infused with either bFGF or vehicle, to sham animals infused with vehicle alone. Injured rats infused with bFGF showed a significant improvement of cognitive recovery as compared to injured rats with vehicle (*p<0.01, n=10 in each group). This cognitive recovery, as characterized by shorter goal latency in the water maze performance reached similar levels to that observed in sham animals through days 22–25 following injury.