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Published in final edited form as: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2007 Jan 31;27(7):1377–1386. doi: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600444

Table 2.

Neurologic deficit scores and rectal temperatures during experimental focal cerebral ischemia in preconditioned young and middle-aged male and female C57BL/6 mice

Group	Neurologic deficit scores		Rectal temperatures (°C)
	End-ischemia	Reperfusion 22 h	Pre-MCAO	5 mins	MCAO 110 mins	115 mins	Reperfusion 5 mins
Sham PC YM (n = 7)	1.7±0.2	1.4±0.3	37.0±0.2	37.2±0.1	35.7±0.2^*	36.7±0.2^*	37.1±0.1
IsoPC YM (n = 7)	1.6±0.3	1.7±0.4	37.0±0.1	37.3±0.1	36.0±0.2^*	36.5±0.2^*	37.0±0.1
Sham PC YF (n = 9)	1.8±0.2	1.6±0.2	37.1±0.2	37.2±0.1	35.7±0.2^*	36.6±0.2^*	37.2±0.1
IsoPC YF (n = 9)	1.6±0.2	1.6±0.3	37.0±0.1	37.1±0.1	35.7±0.1^*	36.6±0.2^*	37.1±0.1
Sham PC MM (n = 11)	1.9±0.2	1.7±0.1	37.5±0.1	37.3±0.1	34.9±0.1^*	37.2±0.1	37.6±0.1
IsoPC MM (n = 11)	1.7±0.1	1.4±0.3	37.5±0.2	37.5±0.1	34.9±0.1^*	37.2±0.2	37.7±0.1
Sham PC MF (n = 13)	1.8±0.1	1.5±0.2	37.4±0.1	37.5±0.1	35.0±0.1^*	37.3±0.1	37.6±0.2
IsoPC MF (n = 15)	1.8±0.1	1.3±0.1^#	37.2±0.1	37.3±0.1	35.0±0.1^*	37.2±0.1	37.5±0.1

IsoPC, isoflurane preconditioning; MF, middle-aged female; MM, middle-aged male; MCAO, middle cerebral artery occlusion; sham PC, sham preconditioning; YF, young female; YM, young male.

P<0.05 as compared to pre-MCAO.

P<0.05 as compared to end-ischemia.