(A) Experimental timeline.
(B) Representative MRI images at different coronal levels.
(C) At day 1 after stroke, before any treatment, the 2 groups of animals
have similar infarct sizes and distributions. Post-stroke ISP treatment leads to
enhanced general and fine locomotor functions as well as improved cognitive
skills.
(D) General locomotor performance was measured by automated open field
chambers for 1 h.
(E and F) Fine motor function was measured by the adhesive tape removal
test (E) and cognitive function was measured by Barnes maze at 4 weeks after
stroke (F).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, 2-way
repeated-measures (RM) ANOVA for (D) and (E) and Student’s t test for
(F). Each data point represents an individual mouse, data pooled from 2
independent cohorts.