Fig. 1

N. vomica supplementation does not alter food intake and body mass. a Time course of food intake in the mice fed on normal chow (blue circles, n=7) or N. vomica chow (red squares, n=7). The mice started taking N. vomica chow at the time of sciatic nerve crush (dotted line at day 0) and during the whole period of study. Two-way repeated-measure ANOVA (diet x time) showed a significant effect of time (F_(10,130)=2.44, P=0.01), a non-significant effect of diet (F_(1,13)=0.05, P=0.824) and a non-significant interaction between factors (F_(10,130)=0.7, P=0.72). b Time course of body mass of the mice as in a. Body mass is expressed as a percentage of initial mass at days -6 and -5 (before injury) per individual. Two-way repeated-measure ANOVA (diet x time) showed non-significant effects of diet (F_(1,13)=3.84, P=0.071) and time (F_(10,130)=1.72, P=0.081), and a non-significant interaction between factors (F_(10,130)=1.68, P=0.09)