Site of Nerve Division Affects Pain-Related Behavior and Spinal Cord Glial Proliferation after C7 Neurotomy in a Rat Stroke Model

Table 3

Changes in thermal paw withdrawal threshold (s) in the C7 neurotomy subgroups.

Day	0 mm (n, 95% CI)	2 mm (n, 95% CI)	4 mm (n, 95% CI)	Intact (n, 95% CI)	F
0	10.13 ± 1.25 (30, 9.66–10.60)	9.89 ± 1.21 (30, 9.44–10.34)	9.62 ± 0.88 (30, 9.29–9.95)	9.92 ± 1.08 (30, 9.52–10.32)	1.07	0.364
1	9.89 ± 1.46 (30, 9.35–10.43)	9.69 ± 1.11 (30, 9.27–10.10)	9.51 ± 1.02 (30, 9.13–9.89)	9.67 ± 1.06 (30, 9.27–10.07)	0.520	0.670
3	10.19 ± 1.58 (24, 9.52–10.85)	9.94 ± 1.41 (24, 9.34–10.53)	9.51 ± 0.89 (24, 9.14–9.89)	9.81 ± 1.25 (24, 9.27–10.07)	1.11	0.350
7	10.00 ± 1.58 (18, 9.21–10.79)	9.74 ± 1.28 (18, 9.10–10.37)	9.68 ± 1.31 (18, 9.03–10.34)	9.88 ± 1.28 (18, 9.24–10.51)	0.20	0.899
14	9.65 ± 0.70 (12, 9.21–10.09)	9.76 ± 1.27 (12, 8.95–10.57)	9.78 ± 1.06 (12, 9.10–10.45)	9.84 ± 1.38 (12.8.97–10.72)	0.06	0.981
28	9.90 ± 0.54 (6, 9.34–10.46)	9.95 ± 1.32 (6, 8.56–11.33)	9.73 ± 0.59 (6, 9.12–10.35)	10.00 ± 0.94 (6, 9.01–10.99)	0.10	0.960

Degree of freedom = 3; F value was calculated by one-way analysis of variance. value of the Levene test: day 0, 0.364; day 1, 0.670; day 3, 0.112; day 7, 0.960; day 14, 0.253; day 28, 0.494.