T2-weighted coronal slices (A–E) and corresponding cerebral blood flow (CBF) maps (F–J) from a representative rat acquired at baseline (A, F), 2 days (B, G), 7 days (C, H), 30 days (D, I), and 3 months (E, J) after focal cerebral ischemia. Abbreviations for ipsilateral regions of interest: C, cortex; T, thalamus. The scale bar applies to all CBF maps.