FIG. 5.

Therapy intensity and lesion size cannot account for the enhanced recovery observed in the VNS+Rehab group. (A) Total trials performed during therapy by animals in both groups were not significantly different. (B) The calculated lesion size was not significantly different between groups. (C) Lesion reconstruction of one representative animal. Tissue damage often extended beyond the cortical layers into the corpus callosum and external capsule. Ventricle enlargement was also observed in the lesioned hemisphere, and the ventricular space often merged with the lesion cavity.