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. 2019 Jun 25;25:4723–4733. doi: 10.12659/MSM.917213

Figure 2.

Figure 2

EA treatment increases the survival rate and improves neurological deficits in MCAO rats. (A) The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival evaluation 7 days after the Sham or MCAO operation. The data are presented as percentages (n=20, 30, 24, 24 and 30 in the Sham, MCAO, EA+MCAO, EA+MCAO+Scr, EA+MCAO+Ant-223 groups, respectively). (B) The mNSS scores were markedly higher in the MCAO model compared with the Sham group, whereas EA decreased the mNSS scores of the MCAO rats; this effect was partially weakened by Ant-223. The data are presented as the mean ±SD. (n=10, and error bars represent mean ±SD. * P<0.05, vs. the Sham group; *** P<0.001, vs. the Sham group; # P<0.05, vs. the MCAO group; ### P<0.001, vs. the MCAO group; & P<0.05, vs. the EA+MCAO group; &&& P<0.001, vs. the EA+MCAO group). EA – electroacupuncture; MCAO – middle cerebral artery occlusion.