Table 1 Spearman correlations between secondary degeneration and Beam walking test scores at W12 post-MCAO.

From: Dynamic secondary degeneration in the spinal cord and ventral root after a focal cerebral infarction among hypertensive rats

Secondary degeneration at the contralateral side at W12 post-MCAO

Beam walking test scores at W12 post-MCAO r (p)

NF in CST zone of cervical 5

0.85 (0.03)

NF in CST zone of lumbar 5

0.97 (0.00)

NeuN in ventral horn of cervical 5

0.88 (0.02)

NeuN in ventral horn of lumbar 5

0.91 (0.01)

GFAP in CST zone of cervical 5

−0.79 (0.06)

GFAP in CST zone of lumbar 5

−0.85 (0.03)

GFAP in ventral horn of cervical 5

−0.77 (0.08)

GFAP in ventral horn of lumbar 5

−0.88 (0.02)

Iba-1 in CST zone of cervical 5

−0.68 (0.14)

Iba-1 in CST zone of lumbar 5

−0.62 (0.19)

Iba-1 in ventral horn of cervical 5

−0.50 (0.31)

Iba-1 in ventral horn of lumbar 5

−0.53 (0.28)

Abnormal fiber in ventral root of cervical 5

−0.87 (0.33)

Abnormal fiber in ventral root of lumbar 5

−0.87 (0.33)