Figure 1.

Motor recovery of rats subjected to SC injury. Rats were treated with MLIF (■) or PBS (▲). Motor recovery was assessed according to the locomotor ability open-field test scale. Evaluations took place once a week for 56 days. A significantly better motor recovery was observed in the group that received MLIF compared to the one that received PBS. *Different from PBS-treated rats (P = 0.03; two-way ANOVA for repeated measures). Each point represents the mean ± SEM of 10 rats. BBB: Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan locomotor ability open-field test.