Table 1.

Arterial blood gases and hematocrit in rats treated with NS-398 after focal cerebral ischemia

Time (hr)	Treatment	Arterial blood gases			Hematocrit (%)
		pH	pCO2 (mmHg)	pO2 (mmHg)
6	Vehicle	7.35  ± 0.02	41  ± 1	86  ± 4	49.3  ± 0.9
	NS-398	7.35  ± 0.03	40  ± 1	83  ± 5	49.2  ± 0.5
24	Vehicle	7.39  ± 0.03	39  ± 2	99  ± 4	48.3  ± 0.6
	NS-398	7.39  ± 0.03	40  ± 1	104  ± 5	48.5  ± 0.4
48	Vehicle	7.37  ± 0.07	39  ± 3	90  ± 8	48.5  ± 0.5
	NS-398	7.33  ± 0.04	39  ± 1	86  ± 3	48.5  ± 0.6
72	Vehicle	7.34  ± 0.05	41  ± 2	88  ± 7	48.0  ± 0.9
	NS-398	7.31  ± 0.05	44  ± 2	90  ± 4	48.0  ± 0.7

No statistically significant differences were found between rats treated with vehicle or NS-398 (p > 0.05,t test).