Table 2.

Number of ASC-positive cells

Group	1 d	3 d	7 d	14 d
SH	15.2 ± 4.1	13.1 ± 3.6	13.8 ± 2.9	14.6 ± 4.0
SCI	72.3 ± 9.6**	60.2 ± 7.7**	41.6 ± 5.8**	26.4 ± 3.7#
SCI + HBO	65.8 ± 7.2**	48.7 ± 5.1**,∆	28.9 ± 3.4**,∆	23.1 ± 2.8#

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^** p < 0.01 for SCI and SCI + HBO groups versus SH groups;

^# p < 0.05 for SCI and SCI + HBO groups versus SH and SH + HBO groups;

^∆ P < 0.05 for SCI + HBO group versus SCI group.