Table 1.

Animal neurological scores after surgery ¹.

Surgery	Group	Total Number	Neurological Scores
			1 Day	10 Days	31 Day
Sham-operated	AAV-pDCX-FerrH	3	0	0	0
Sham-operated	AAV-pDCX-eGFP	3	0	0	0
Sham-operated	PBS	3	0	0	0
MCAO	AAV-pDCX-FerrH	3	3 (1–4)	2 (0–3)	2 (0–3)
MCAO	AAV-pDCX-eGFP	3	3 (2–4)	2 (1–3)	2 (2–3)
MCAO	PBS	3	3 (3–4)	3 (2–4)	2 (2–3)

¹ Neurological scores are presented as median (range). A score of 0 represents no dysfunction of the central nervous system; a score of 1 represents mild neurological deficit; a score of 2, moderate deficit; and a score of 3, severe deficit [30,31]. Abbreviations: MCAO, middle-cerebral-artery occlusion; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; AAV, adeno-associated viral backbone; pDCX, doublecortin promoter; FerrH, ferritin heavy chain; eGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein.