Figure 1.

Incidence maps of ischemic lesion extent at 48 h. T2-weighted multi-slice MR imaging was performed at 48 h after dMCAO in 18 animals which were carried through the whole 12 weeks observation period. Coregistration with a mouse brain template and superposition of the hyperintense region at this time point onto the template data set indicated a stable and robust ischemic region in the cortex covering a large part of the ipsilateral cortex.