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. 2013 Nov 4;8(11):e78765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078765

Figure 7. Ketogenic diet treatment (3:1 KD) is neuroprotective after C5 hemi-contusion (experiment 1).

Figure 7

(A-B) Representative pictures of emerald traced corticospinal tract (CST) axons 14 wks post-injury (Zeiss Axioplan fluorescent microscope). A higher magnification of the box in figure A and B is shown in respectively A’ and B’, scale bar: 500 μm. (A’) Grey matter and (B’) CST sparing measurements, scale bar: 500 μm. Solid line I: length grey matter, sparing dashed line II: length ipsilateral CST sparing. (C) The lesion area at the epicenter and (D) spared grey tissue was significantly increased in spinal cords of KD fed animals compared to the standard diet group (SD). Error bars indicate SEM. * p=0.026, # p=0.030 (t-test, one tailed).