Fig. 3

Acute and subacute cortical responses to a single mild ischemic insult. a, b Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained sections from brains perfusion fixed at 1 or 3 days following a mild transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). c The median and first and third quartiles of the damage score was not different statistically between groups. d, e ED1 stained sections from brains 1 and 3 days post MCAO. f Mean numbers of ED1 cells stained per field were not different statistically. g, h GFAP stained sections from animals 1 and 3 days post MCAO. i Median and first and third quartiles of the GFAP score were similar between groups (P > 0.05). n = 8/group *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005, ipsilateral different from contralateral. (Mann–Whitney Rank Sum test)