FIG. 1.

Histologic images of the spinal cord (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 2.5X magnification) from animals subjected to Sham surgery (T9 laminectomy) or moderate/severe (250 kdyne) spinal cord injury (SCI) alone or in combination with a low- (SCI+LowTE) or high-dose (SCI+HighTE) of testosterone-enanthate (TE). Note reduced mass of pink-stained white matter indicative of moderate/severe SCI (B, C, D) versus A (Sham surgery) indicating a qualitatively consistent injury intensity in all groups receiving SCI. Color image is available online at www.liebertpub.com/neu