Neuroprotective Effect of Xueshuantong for Injection (Lyophilized) in Transient and Permanent Rat Cerebral Ischemia Model

Figure 1

Administration with XST immediately after ischemia attenuated cerebral infarct volume and swelling percent and improved behavioral score in transient MCAO rats. (a) The experiment I protocol. (b) Blood flow of rat brain during the surgery. (c) Representative photographs of TTC-stained coronal brain sections that show viable (red) and dead (white) tissue 72 h after surgery. (d) Cerebral infarct volume expressed as whole infarct area. (e) Swelling percent expressed as a percentage of contralateral brain. (f) Neurological score of rat on days 1 and 3 after surgery. . , , compared with model group.

(a) Experimental protocol

(b) Blood flow

(c) Representative TTC staining

(d) Infarct volume

(e) Swelling percent

(f) Neurological score