Fig. 5. Time course of behavioral recovery after whole spinal cord crush at the spinomedullary level (SML). The percentage of fish that recovered a particular behavior (# fish that recovered a behavior/total number that ultimately recovered the behavior) was calculated for each 10-day interval up to 190 postoperative days. Although there was a great deal of variability between fish as to when a particular behavior returned, return of pectoral and/or pelvic fin movement was generally first and was followed by targeted feeding, partial equilibrium, full equilibrium and C-starts. Eight sham-operated control fish targeted food, maintained full equilibrium and displayed C-starts throughout the postoperative interval (not shown).

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