Figure 3.

Functional recovery after sciatic nerve crush assessed with VF filaments. The baseline withdrawal threshold of each of the hindpaws using VF filaments as determined for each mouse before surgical manipulation (day 0) and on days 1, 4, and 7 d after injury. There was no difference in pre-injury withdrawal thresholds between WT ω-6 and fat-1 groups, but at 4 d after injury, there was a statistical difference between the response of the two groups, and this continued to day 7 (*p < 0.05). Error bars indicate SEM for n = 5 animals per group.