Table 2.

Muscle Weight, Number of Motor Units, Single Twitch and Maximal Tetanic Tension, expressed as a % ratio, of the operated to the control side, in the EDL, in the four age groups tested. Axotomy has been performed in P2, in all cases

EDL Operated / Control side %
	Single Twitch	Tet-100	Motor Units	Muscle Weight
Adult	4.63	3.31	18.80	10.60
	± 0.78	± 0.30	± 2.93	± 2.62
Adult-Mg	16.59	15.16	38.84	38.88
	± 2.55	± 0.89	± 3.01	± 5.25
P28	28.59	18.94	34.78	45.19
	± 4.58	± 4.16	± 3.03	± 6.29
P28-Mg	38.77	40.14	39.84	64.07
	± 28.78	± 19.34	± 7.30	± 7.22
P21	19.17	23.35	29.22	48.80
	± 10.78	± 16.03	± 7.44	± 6.44
P21-Mg	58.64	64.22	43.73	58.08
	± 36.46	± 43.02	± 8.29	± 29.92
P14	104.99	101.70	33.52	60.91
	± 55.27	± 36.13	± 5.60	± 16.43
P14-Mg	65.94	83.51	48.51	66.11
	± 20.78	± 33.10	18.80	± 13.19

Values are expressed as Mean ± SD