Table 1.

Overview of the studies

	Study 1	Study 2	Study 3	Study 4	Study 5
Animals	Female Fischer 344	Male Wistar	Female Fischer 344	Female Wistar	Female Fischer 344
SCI	Th8/9 Contusion Mod. and Mod.Sev (150 kDyn)	Th8 Contusion Mod.Sev. (200 kDyn)	Th8 Contusion Mod.Sev. (200 kDyn)	Th8/9 Dorsal Hemisection Scouten wire-knife transection	C4 bilateral dorsal column tungsten wire-knife transection
Time points of gait assessment	UI, 60 dpi	UI, 7, 30, 60 dpi	UI, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43 dpi	UI, 30, 60 dpi	UI, 30 dpi
CatWalk system	CatWalk XT	CatWalk 7.1	CatWalk XT	CatWalk XT	CatWalk XT
Groups	UI Veh.Mod Veh.Mod.-Sev Exp.Mod Exp.Mod.-Sev.	UI SCI+Veh. SCI+Prog.	Young SCI Old SCI	UI SCI Veh.	UI SCI Veh.

UI: uninjured; Prog.: progesterone; Mod.: Moderate; Sev.: severe; Veh.: vehicle; Exp.: experiment.