TABLE 1.

Nerve segments used for qRT-PCR.

Excised nerve samples for qRT-PCR analysis
Healthy contralateral	Injured ipsilateral
Dorsal roots (DR) L2 and L3
Ventral roots (VR) L2 and L3
Femoral nerve proximal of bifurcation	Femoral nerve proximal of bifurcation
Cutaneous branch of femoral nerve	Graft in cutaneous branch
	Cutaneous branch distal of graft
Motor branch of femoral nerve	Graft in motor branch
	Motor branch distal of graft

Baseline expression was evaluated using the contralateral, healthy nerves. Effect of injury and graft phenotype was evaluated by comparing the nerve segments from the injured side to their contralateral counter part in the same animal.