Tail Nerve Electrical Stimulation and Electro-Acupuncture Can Protect Spinal Motor Neurons and Alleviate Muscle Atrophy after Spinal Cord Transection in Rats

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Tail nerve electrical stimulation and electroacupuncture treatment can protect the motor neurons in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord. (a) Representative motor neurons stained with neutral red are located in the lumbar spinal cord (L3 and L5). (b, c) Quantification of the number of motor neurons survived at per rat in L3 (b) and L5 (c) of the SCI, TANES, EA, and Sham groups. Data are presented as mean ± SD. , as compared with the SCI group; ^#, as compared with the Sham group. Scale bars = 100 μm in (a).

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