Figure 3.

Optic nerve transplanted NSCs following ONT promote modest RGC survival. Representative retinal flat mounts stained for RBPMS and magnified insets from animals two weeks after receiving (A, B) no injury, (C, D) ONT, or (E, F) ONT with NSC graft. (G) Quantification of RGC survival demonstrates increased RGC densities with an optic nerve NSC graft compared to a ONT alone. (H) Quantification of RGC RBPMS intensity was similar among groups, suggestive of comparable cell viabilities. *P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey test. n = 6 animals per group; error bars represent SD. Scale bars: 100 µm. ONT, optic nerve transection.