Table 1.

Reasons for excluding mice from the study

	Infarct studies				Immunohistochemistry	Biochemical analyses	Total
	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Groups VI–XX
Death	0	4	0	3	0	2	9
Technical problems	1	2	0	0	0	4	7
Poor postmortem staining	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Mice excluded	3	7	0	3	0	6	19
Mice instrumented	20	16	9	12	6	88	151
Mice included in study	17	9	9	9	6	82	132
Mice included in study (%)	85	56	100	75	100	93	87