Table 1.

Large motor neuron counting and myelin staining intensity comparison between normal and injured cords.

	Normal	Injured
The number of large motor neuron	20.8 ± 2.2	4.6 ± 1.0*
Myelin staining intensity1	87 ± 4	35 ± 2*

^*Compared with normal condition, p < 0.05 (Student’s t-test);

¹measured by Image-Pro Plus 6.0 (Media Cybernetics, Inc.).