Figure 2.

Neuronal survival in the red nucleus of rats with spinal cord injury treated with MLIF or PBS. The beneficial effect induced by MLIF therapy promoted a better survival of rubrospinal neurons (a). The number of surviving rubrospinal neurons correlated with the final motor recovery scores (b). *Different from PBS (P = 0.002, Mann-Whitney U test). Bars represent the mean ± SEM of 4 rats. BBB means: Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan locomotor ability open-field test and RSNs: rubrospinal neurons.