Fig. 5. Changes in locomotor deficits after a spinal cord ingury. Behavioral scores were measured by the BBB methods. The BBB socres decrease afyer an injury (0. Indicating complete injury) and slowly and gradually increase. The combined therapy with MP and TR promoted a signficant behavioral recovery following a SCI p<0.05 vs. the individual therapies of MP and TR. SCI : spinal cord injury, BBB : Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan, MP : methylprednisolone, TR : tranilast.
