Figure 1.

Evaluating the effect of minocycline on cell death through TUNEL assay after spinal cord injury. A – TUNEL staining shows cell death in vehicle (V), minocycline-treated (M) and healthy groups of animals (H). Reduced cell death was observed in minocycline-treated group (400×). Arrow indicates the positive TUNEL stained cell. B – Cell death was quantified and graphically represented. There was an approximately three-fold reduction in cell death in the minocycline-treated group compared to the vehicle. All values are represented as mean ± SEM and values with p < 0.05 were considered significant

*P < 0.05 vs. vehicle group, **p < 0.01 vs. vehicle group.