Figure 1: Nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) responsive promoter activity in control and spinal cord transected (ST) rat soleus. NFAT induced transcriptional activity was measured using an NFAT-responsive promoter containing 9x NFAT response elements (NREs) linked to the firefly luciferase reporter gene. An α- actin promoter linked to renilla luciferase was simultaneously injected into the muscle to normalize the data and control for varying injection efficiencies. Values are presented as mean firefly/ renilla ratios ± SEM (n=5/group). * denotes statistical difference between the two groups (p<0.05).