Figure 5.

Dynamic changes in mice magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain characteristics on day two, four, seven, and 28 after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Two groups of animals at multiple time points were compared using 95% confidence intervals. SPL-sham – sham operated mice for splenectomy; SPLX – splenectomized mice; D – day; MCAO – middle cerebral artery occlusion; SPL-sham – sham operated mice for splenectomy; SPLX – splenectomized mice; IL – ipsilateral hemisphere volume; CL – contralateral hemisphere volume.