Research Article

Increased Cell Fusion in Cerebral Cortex May Contribute to Poststroke Regeneration

Table 2

Results of the quantitative data.

GroupsNumber of animalsLethality,
%
Locomotion activity,
mean value
Mean area of the section occupied by one binuclear neuron
        (per mm2)

Control7010.317 ± 0.033

1    633  2.83 ± 0.75a0.283 ± 0.0070
b0.254 ± 0.0152

2    833  1.87 ± 0.64a0.250 ± 0.0003
b0.234 ± 0.0006

3    675  5.33 ± 0.52a0.187 ± 0.0002
b0.187 ± 0.0013

4    742  1.29 ± 0.49a0.294 ± 0.0960
b0.303 ± 0.0475

5    712  1.29 ± 0.49a0.195 ± 0.0023
b0.181 ± 0.0079
Contralateral hemisphere0.315 ± 0.0338

There were significant differences ( ) between the controls and groups 3 and 5 in the density of binuclear neuron localization. In group 5, the density localization of binuclear neurons in the stroke zone is significantly higher compared to the undamaged hemisphere. Values are reported as the mean ± SEM.
There were significant differences between the locomotion activity in the control group and experimental groups 1, 2 and 3. Groups 4 and 5 did not differ significantly from the control. Group 3 (the maximum average value of the gained points) differed significantly from groups 4 and 5.