Table 5.

Assessment Methodology

Assessment	Rat	Mouse	Rabbit	Dog	Cat	Sheep	Monkey	Pig	Total
Qualitative Histological analysis	244	23	30	12	14	4	6	1	334
Neuromorphometric analysis	146	20	18	8	7	4	6		209
Electrophysiology	107	13	17	9	9	2	7	1	165
Immunohistology	83	2	2	4	1		3		102
Functional motor indices	65	2							67
Retrograde labelling	18	5	1	2	7				33
Functional sensory indices	17	14							31
Muscle weight	24		1			2			27
Functional autonomic indices	6	9		1					16
Muscle contraction test	7	1	1			3			12
RNA expression	8								8
Muscle morphometric analysis	3								3
Fast axonal transport assay	1				1				2
Autotomy evaluation	2								2
Ultrasound evaluation	1								1
Radiological examination				1					1
Gene expression analysis	1								1
Foot pad reinnervation	1								1
Fiberscopic observation				1					1
Calcification analysis	1								1
BrdU staininig	1								1

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