Table 1.
Experimental plan
Groups of animals | Maximal angle | %MPE | Infarction volume | Brain water | GFAP positive cells | iNOS expression cells | AQP4 cells | Neuronal apoptosis |
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1. sham operated rats | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 |
2. (MCAO+saline) rats | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 |
3. (MCAO+Agmatine) rats | n = 8 | n = 8 | n =8 | n =8 | n =8 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 8 |
n, numbers of animals used. All measurements were performed 4 days after MCAO or sham operation.