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. 2020 Nov 19;10:20233. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75450-6

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Hypertension increases stroke mortality and reduces spontaneous recovery. (A) Experimental design showing different time points for behavioral testing. (B) The mean arterial blood pressure of a cohort of SHR animals of the same age and weight of our stroke animals was followed for 2 weeks to establish their blood pressure (n = 6). (C) 63% of the Wistar animals achieved complete spontaneous post-stroke recovery after 24 h of MCAO, compared to 0% for SHR animals. (P < 0.0001, Fischer’s exact test) (D) & (E) Body weight was recorded for 12 weeks following MCAO comparing sham animals from both strains to stroke animals (n = 6–12 per group).