Figure 3From: Human conditionally immortalized neural stem cells improve locomotor function after spinal cord injury in the ratMorphometric evaluation of the spared white and gray matter. The white matter (WM) was significantly spared in the spinal cord of grafted animals compared with SCI-only animals (*P < 0.05). No changes were found in the gray matter (GM) (A). This was confirmed by measuring the volume (mm3) of the white matter in five different parts of the spinal cord (front, 7 to 10 mm cranial; middle front, 3 to 6 mm cranial; center, between 2 mm cranial and caudal to the injury epicenter; middle back, 3 to 6 mm caudal; back, 7 to -10 mm caudal) (B).Back to article page