Table 1

Numbers of animals per experimental group

Experiment

Details

Strain

Time point

Control lesion

+GDA

+GRP

1

Analysis of endogenous sensory axon regeneration, CSPG expression and GDA phenotype

Sprague Dawley

4 days

4

6

8 days

5

6

2

Analysis of axon growth from GFP⁺ transplanted sensory neurons

Fischer 344

8 days

6

9

Sprague Dawley

8 days

4

4

8 days

4

6

3

Analysis of RST axon growth, red nucleus and behavioral recovery

Sprague Dawley

8 days

6 + cyc

6 + cyc

5 weeks

9 + cyc

9 + cyc

5 weeks

7

5 weeks

7 (sham)

4

Analysis of acute behavioral recovery

Sprague Dawley

14 days

6 + cyc

5 + cyc

6 + cyc

Cyc, cyclosporine

Davies et al. Journal of Biology 2006 5:7   doi:10.1186/jbiol35