Figure 1

Effects of different doses of MVIIC on red blood cells (× 10⁶/μL) and hematocrit. Mean number ± SD of red blood cells and hematocrit of rats submitted to compressive spinal cord injury and treated with placebo (PLA, positive control) or ω-conotoxin MVIIC (G15, 15 pmol MVIIC; G30, 30 pmol MVIIC; G60, 60 pmol MVIIC), preoperatively (white column) and eight days after treatment (gray column) (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01). Red blood cells and hematocrit normal values are, respectively, 7.62 - 9.99 × 10⁶/μL and 38.5-52%, as described by Giknis and Clifford [39].