神経系への影響: motor function (open field test), sensory function and nociception (tail-flick test, vocalization after electrical stimulation of the tail), day of bladder function recovery
形態学/組織学的変化: total area and volume of injury (cresyl violet stain, light microscopy) and expression of L-type calcium channels in sections from lesion epicenter (immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy)
food intake and body weight (before surgery and 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, and 21 days after surgery)