Fig. 4.

Luxol fast blue-Cresyl violet stain of L5 level spinal cord tissue from animals in the sham control (Sham), spinal cord hemisection (Hemi) and hemisection with minocycline treatment (Hemi+Mino) groups. In the Hemi group, increases of glial nuclei (arrows) are observed in the ipsilateral dorsal column and lateral funiculus. The total number of these nuclei is deceased in the hemisection with minocycline group. No obvious neuronal necrosis is observed in either the dorsal or ventral horn in the Hemi group.