FIG. 2.

Effects of hypothermia on motor functions in controlled cortical impact (CCI) mice. (a) Swing and (b) corner tests were performed on mice subjected to CCI with 3 h of normothermia (CCI:37°C; n=6 mice) or hypothermia (CCI:33°C; n=6 mice) and on mice subjected to sham procedures with 3 h of normothermia (sham:37°C; n=3 mice) or hypothermia (sham:33°C; n=3 mice). The tests were performed at days 1, 3, and 7 post-injury. The frequency of right-biased swing and corner turn was calculated after 20 trials for each test on each animal. ^#p<0.01, CCI:37°C vs. sham:37°C; *p<0.01, CCI:37°C vs. CCI:33°C; ^%p<0.01, CCI:33°C vs. sham:33°C.