Mean relative gene expressions of Bcl-xl (a), Bax (b), caspase-9 (c), caspase-12 (d), caspase-8 (e), caspase-3 (f), and nNOS (g) (± standard deviation) in rats subjected to spinal cord injury associated with intrathecal administration of PBS (placebo, PLA rats) and MVIIA 10μM 4 h after SCI. Lowercases express statistical difference (a: PLA vs MVIIA, 0.72 ± 0.21 vs 0.37 ± 0.25, non-paired t test, p < 0.05; b: PLA vs MVIIA, 0.64 ± 0.18 vs 1.41 vs 0.64, Mann-Whitney test, p < 0.05; c: PLA vs MVIIA, 1.47 ± 2.21 vs 0.71 ± 0.76, Mann-Whitney test, p > 0.05; d: PLA vs MVIIA, 0.89 ± 0.94 vs 0.61 ± 0.62, non-paired t test, p > 0.05; e: PLA vs MVIIA, 0.47 ± 0.13 vs 0.17 ± 0.13, Mann-Whitney test, p < 0.05; f: PLA vs MVIIA, 1.96 ± 0.55 vs 0.60 ± 0.39, non-paired t test, p < 0.05; g: PLA vs MVIIA, 4.51 ± 2.77 vs 1.22 ± 1.14 non-paired t test, p < 0.05).