Table 1.

Scheme of present study

	5.6 g rod, 6.25 mm injury	10 g rod, 6.25 mm injury
24 h	Western blot	Lesion volume, Q-RT-PCR
2 d	BMS
7 d	BMS, Western blot, immunohistochemistry
14 d	BMS
21 d	BMS
28 d	BMS, corticospinal tract tracing
35 d	BMS
42 d	BMS, NeuN cell counts, white matter sparing

Two types of rods (10 or 5.6g) were used for inflicting spinal cord injury. All experiments were compared between KO and WT mice.