Research Article

Application of a Low-Level Laser Therapy and the Purified Protein from Natural Latex (Hevea brasiliensis) in the Controlled Crush Injury of the Sciatic Nerve of Rats: A Morphological, Quantitative, and Ultrastructural Study

Table 2

Quantitative analyses 4 weeks after nerve injury.

GroupNerve area (µm2)Myelin area (µm2)Ratio nerve/myelin area (%)Capillaries/mm2

CG506260.29301583.1460.2886.03
EG528856.68298976.7157.5585.69
IG547529.84208071.3032.3774.45
LG530146.08215996.4440.8178.83
PG622473.35247001.8043.7277.80
LPG649142.59217904.4536.6498.16