Figure 7. Post-stroke ISP treatment starting at post-stroke day 7 also leads to enhanced behavioral functional recovery in mice.
(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.
(D–F) Post-stroke ISP treatment leads to enhanced general locomotor function measured by automated open field chambers for 1 h (D), increased fine motor function measured by the adhesive tape removal test (E), and improved cognitive function measured by Barnes maze at 4 w after stroke (F).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Two-way RM ANOVA for (D) and (E) and Student’s t test for (F). Each data point represents an individual mouse; data from 1 cohort.
