Table 3.

Voluntary electromyography (EMG) of rat segmental tail muscle, in 4 different time points, from 7 days till 360 days, after spinal cord injury

Group		Mean ± SD
			Time of EMG recording after spinal cord injury
			7 days	30 days	180 days	360 days
Healthy control	Amp./mV	100 ± 40
Saline 5 ml/kg b.w. i.p.	Amp./mV		180 ± 55	370 ± 52	575 ± 300	460 ± 175+
BPC 157 200 μg/kg b.w. i.p.	Amp./mV		200 ± 50	200 ± 80*	290 ± 150*	300 ± 65*+
BPC 157 2 μg/kg b.w. i.p.	Amp./mV		210 ± 25	170 ± 25*	270 ± 110*	280 ± 70*+
Laminectomy	Amp./mV					125 ± 30

Voluntary electromyography of rat segmental tail muscle. Amp. amplitude of motor unit potential (MUP) in millivolts (mV), Mean arithmetic mean, SD standard deviation

*P value < 0.05 BPC 157 groups vs. saline

⁺P value < 0.05 saline and BPC 157 groups vs. laminectomy animals