Table 1.

Neurological deficit scores at different time points after MCAO in all groups

Groups	Neurological deficit scores
	24 h	d7	d14	d21	d28
Sham	0	0	0	0	0
MCAO	3.24±0.65**	2.79±0.54**	3.11±0.47**	2.51±0.52**	2.86±0.51**
MCAO+vehicle	3.41±0.58**	2.95±0.65**	2.94±0.53**	2.71±0.51**	2.58±0.62**
MCAO+ADSCs	3.52±0.51**	2.14±0.61**,#	1.47±0.32**,##	0.78±0.43*,##	0.36±0.18##

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01 compared to sham group;

^#P<0.05 compared to MCAO+vehicle group;

^##P<0.01 compared to MCAO+vehicle group.