Figure 6.

Core regions of hip flexion and hip extension in rats with different types of spinal cord injury.

Blue-filled areas indicate core regions, while green-filled areas represent core regions of hip extension. Different segments are separated by gray-filled areas. (A–F) Control, contusion, T9TX2, T8TX, T6TX, and T9TX4 groups. Control group: Rats were fed normally for 2 weeks; contusion group: T9 segment was injured with weight drop, followed by 2 weeks of normal feeding; T9TX2, T8TX, T6TX, and T9TX4 groups: T6/T8/T9 transection, followed by 2 or 4 weeks of normal feeding.