Motor Skill Training Promotes Sensorimotor Recovery and Increases Microtubule-Associated Protein-2 (MAP-2) Immunoreactivity in the Motor Cortex after Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Rat

Table 1

Number of total reached pellets in the Staircase test over time.

Groups	Baseline		Post		Week 2		Week 4
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
S	17.06	0.82	16.31	0.65	19.00	0.51	18.78	0.54
S-US	18.25	0.74	16.47	0.44	18.09	0.65	18.50	0.46
S-SK	18.53	0.53	17.47	0.24	18.72	0.56	18.50	0.57
ICH	17.56	0.90	6.94^a	0.24	8.56^a	0.87	8.63^a	0.61
ICH-US	16.38	0.61	7.03^a	0.31	8.88^a	0.39	10.44^a	0.27
ICH-SK	17.81	0.90	7.90^a	0.56	10.56^a	0.78	14.47^a,b,c	0.63

aDifference between uninjured and injured groups (𝑃<0.01); ^bdifference between ICH-SK and ICH groups (𝑃<0.001); and ^cdifference between ICH-SK and ICH-US groups (𝑃<0.001). S (sham), ICH (intracerebral hemorrhage), SK (skilled training), and US (unskilled training). Data are presented as mean ± standard error (SEM).