Table 1. The expression of MAP-2 and Synaptophysin (SYN) in perilesional area and contralesional hemisphere in groups A and B rats at each interval after left sensorimotor cortex injury (%,  ± S).

Time (month)	Group A		Group B
	perilesional area	contralesional hemisphere	perilesional area	contralesional hemisphere
pre-TBI	4.67 ± 0.19	4.44 ± 0.23	4.67 ± 0.19	4.64 ± 0.33
0.5	7.24 ± 0.63*	5.78 ± 0.46	8.09 ± 0.49*	5.35 ± 0.46*
2	5.82 ± 0.33	5.61 ± 0.31	5.56 ± 0.23*	5.41 ± 0.17*
4	5.07 ± 0.46	4.75 ± 0.19	4.87 ± 0.46	5.25 ± 0.19*
6	4.8 ± 0.27	4.44 ± 0.21	4.91 ± 0.37	7.74 ± 0.21*
8	4.7 ± 0.21	4.61 ± 0.23	4.83 ± 0.41	9.78 ± 0.76*
11	4.48 ± 0.32	4.52 ± 0.42	4.78 ± 0.22	7.06 ± 0.42*
SYN Expression
pre-TBI	3.9 ± 0.21	4.05 ± 0.27	3.9 ± 0.21	3.86 ± 0.18
0.5	4.71 ± 0.24	4.79 ± 0.44	4.82 ± 0.39	4.68 ± 0.44
2	4.2 ± 0.20	4.5 ± 0.33	4.31 ± 0.20	4.5 ± 0.33
4	3.65 ± 0.23	3.75 ± 0.33	3.99 ± 0.24	5.66 ± 0.33*
6	3.6 ± 0.21	3.48 ± 0.21	4.16 ± 0.32	6.68 ± 0.52*
8	3.5 ± 0.17	3.55 ± 0.19	4.24 ± 0.27	7.83 ± 0.81*
11	3.48 ± 0.19	3.45 ± 0.23	4.18 ± 0.20	6.45 ± 0.49*
GAP-43 Expression
pre-TBI	3.5 ± 1.04	2.83 ± 1.17	4 ± 0.89	4.33 ± 1.37
0.5	8.17 ± 1.17	3.67 ± 1.21*	6.17 ± 1.47	5.17 ± 1.72
2	7.83 ± 2.04	3.33 ± 1.37*	6.5 ± 1.05	5.17 ± 0.33
4	5 ± 0.89	4 ± 2.1	5.17 ± 0.98	6.5 ± 1.05
6	5.33 ± 1.03	3.83 ± 2.79	6.32 ± 1.17	10.67 ± 1.63*
8	5.5 ± 1.38	5 ± 1.67	5.17 ± 1.17	10.17 ± 1.32*
11	5.17 ± 1.17	4.67 ± 1.37	5.67 ± 1.63	8.67 ± 1.51*

^*Indicating significant differences between perilesional area and contralesional hemisphere in the group (p < 0.05).