Evidence for the Use of Isoflurane as a Replacement for Chloral Hydrate Anesthesia in Experimental Stroke: An Ethical Issue

Figure 3

Compared effects of chloral hydrate and isoflurane on infarct volume after MCAO. Volumes are corrected from edema and expressed in mm³ (mean ± SEM); 𝑛=8 animals per group. Differences were not significant on total infarct volume according to t-test analysis (𝑃=0.9862), cortical infarct (𝑃=0.7577), and subcortical infarct (𝑃=0.4079).

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