TABLE 1.

Experimental layout, with number of animals used per test, time points and rat breeds used in each set.

Set	Set A – Forelimb motor studies			Set B – Functional diaphragm studies
Rat breed	Wistar Han			Sprague Dawley
Analysis	Test	n	Time point	Test	n	Time point
	Staircase test	8–10/group	2 and 5 weeks	CMAPs	5–8/group	4 weeks
	Grooming test	8–9/group	3 weeks	NMJ morphology	3/group	5 weeks
	Von Frey test	7–10/group	4 weeks	EMGs	6–8/group	5 weeks
	GFAP and CD68	3/group	5 weeks	5-HT sprouting	4/group	5 weeks