Characterization of recovery, repair, and inflammatory processes following contusion spinal cord injury in old female rats: is age a limitation?

Table 3 Mean and p-values for each of the stereological parameters

	Mean values		p-value
Immunohistochemical parameter	Young	Aged
Total cord volume	84.10	121.3	< 0.0001
Lesion volume	4.092	7.294	< 0.0001
% Lesion volume	4.92%	6.05%	0.056
% Spared tissue at 0.72 mm Caudal	56.41%	40.49%	0.0101
TUNEL positive cells	26,328	22,811	0.7860
ED-1 positive cells	161,514	144,251	0.3123
CD43 positive cells	408,183	393,057	0.3055

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