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 2

Number of reached pellets from deeper steps (5th to 7th) in the Staircase test over the time.

Groups	Baseline		Post		Week 2		Week 4
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
S	6.44	0.52	6.13	0.43	7.69	0.37	7.44	0.42
S-US	6.94	0.63	6.03	0.42	7.00	0.40	7.47	0.55
S-SK	8.09	0.32	6.69	0.38	8.00	0.30	7.13	0.44
ICH	6.91	0.55	0.28^a	0.15	1.31^a	0.49	1.13^a	0.36
ICH-US	6.03	0.48	0.25^a	0.25	1.66^a	0.30	1.25^a	0.47
ICH-SK	6.75	0.64	0.09^a	0.07	2.06^a	0.45	4.59^a,b,c	0.36

aDifference between uninjured and injured groups (𝑃<0.001); ^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).