Table 1.

3D-GRE Signal Changes Following 30 Minutes Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (tMCAO)

Time (Days)	30 minutes tMCAO					SHAM
	Group 1: 7d Preloaded			Group 2: Postloaded	Group 3: Control	Group 4: 7d Preloaded
	Total	Core	Periphery
1	−13 (3)**	−15 (20)	−13 (4)**	−3 (3)	−4	4 (4)
2	−20	−10 (10)	−21	2 (2)	−10	2 (1)
3	−20 (10)	−10 (20)	−20 (8)*	8 (5)	−10	2 (5)
4	−9 (7)*	−8 (2)	−22 (8)**	−2 (5)	−3	−3 (3)
7	−15 (2)*	−10 (9)	−23 (3)**	−10 (10)	−7	−2 (5)
Average	−15 (4)#	−11 (3)*	−22 (2)** # †	0 (1)	−7 (3)	1 (3)

^**Significance with p < 0.01, versus SHAM

^*Significance with p < 0.05, versus SHAM

^#Significance with p < 0.05, versus Postloaded tMCAO, Control tMCAO

^†Significance with p < 0.05, Periphery versus Core