The Severity of Ischemia Varies in Sprague-Dawley Rats from Different Vendors

Table 1

Summary of behavioural test results at presurgery day 0 and postsurgery day 1 and day 6. Differences between suppliers as well as within each supplier from days 0 and 1 are shown, using Welch’s 𝑡-test (unequal variances).

Test	Description 2	Day 0: CR to HN	Day 1: CR to HN	Day 6: CR to HN	CR: Day 0 to Day 1	CR: Day 0 to Day 6	HN: Day 0 to Day 1	HN: Day 0 to Day 6
2.3.1 Cylinder	Asymmetry score: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2.3.1 Cylinder	Number of adductions: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2.3.2 Foot fault	Fraction errors: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2.3.3 Sticky tape	Latency: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2.3.3 Sticky tape	Fraction first: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	∗	∗
2.3.4 Vibrissal	Fraction of success: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	∗	—
2.3.5 PHR	Fractions of turns: contralateral	—	—	—	—	—	∗	—

^---𝑃≥0.05; ^∗𝑃<0.05.