Tracer injection validation. Naohiko Okabe Naoyuki Himi Emi Maruyama-Nakamura Norito Hayashi Kazuhiko Narita Osamu Miyamoto 10.1371/journal.pone.0187413.g003 https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Tracer_injection_validation_/5565061 <p>(A) Representative photo of the Fast blue injection in the spinal cord. Scale bar = 1 mm. (B) Injection area of Fast blue at the C7 and C8 spinal levels was not significantly different between groups. (C) There were no significant differences between groups in the location of the injection centroid at the C7 and C8 spinal levels.</p> 2017-11-02 17:47:24 brainstem-spinal pathways rehabilitative training ipsilesional rostral forelimb area caudal forelimb area subtotal motor cortex destruction Fast blue-positive cells forelimb training photothrombotic stroke motor cortex Task-specific rehabilitative training Fast blue-positive neurons task-specific recovery corticospinal pathway 32 brain areas