Table 2.

Summary of the AFM measurements with chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) manipulation.

(A) Young’s modulus of the chABC-treated tissue
GCL		SGZ+HL
Control (n = 3)	chABC (n = 3)	Control (n = 3)	chABC (n = 3)
152 ± 16 Pa (15)	211 ± 17 Pa (15)	176 ± 17 Pa (15)	217 ± 7 Pa (15)
(B) Young’s modulus of CS-treated tissue
GCL			SGZ+HL
Control (n = 3)	5 mg/ml (n = 2)	15 mg/ml (n = 3)	Control (n = 3)	5 mg/ml (n = 2)	15 mg/ml (n = 3)
200 ± 17 Pa (11)	133 ± 8 Pa (10)	63 ± 5 Pa (11)	243 ± 15 Pa (15)	129 ± 17 Pa (10)	98 ± 14 Pa (14)

*The “n” indicates the number of animals as well as the number of measured slices (one slice from each animal). **Italicized figures: number of measured points