Fig. 3From: Intramuscular transplantation of bone marrow cells prolongs the lifespan of SOD1G93A mice and modulates expression of prognosis biomarkers of the diseaseSpinal cord motoneuron (MN) counting and neuromuscular state after BMC transplantation (at 120 days). a DiI-labeled MNs (red) in the spinal cord, nuclei stained with DAPI (blue). b 40× image of DiI-stained MN. c Right: number of MNs in mice treated with bone marrow on one hind limb versus the contralateral limb. *p < 0.05. Error bars indicate SEM. n = 6 mice. Left: number of MNs in the spinal cord of sham-injected mice. Error bars indicate SEM. n = 5. d Chrna1, Rrad and NogoA transcript levels in BMC-treated mice relative to sham-injected mice. SH = Sham-operated; TR = Treated. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01Back to article page