Analysis of CST contacts onto cervical interneurons after SCI.

<p>(A,B) Confocal images of contacts (arrows, defined as boutons in apposition to neuronal cell bodies) between hindlimb CST collaterals (YFP, green) and the cell bodies of cervical interneurons (Neurotrace, red) at 4 weeks (A) and 12 weeks (B) following SCI. (C) Quantification of the number of contacts a given hindlimb CST collateral makes with the cell body of a single interneuron at different timepoints after SCI as well as in the lumbar spinal cord of unlesioned animals. (D) Quantification of the percentage of Neurotrace (NT)-stained interneurons contacted by collaterals emerging from the different CST components at multiple timepoints following the lesion. Asterisks indicate significant difference compared to main CST collaterals. Scale bar in A (also for B), 15 µm.