Research Article

Pretreatment with Shuanghe-Tang Extract Attenuates Postischemic Brain Injury and Edema in a Mouse Model of Stroke: An Analysis of Medicinal Herbs Listed in Dongui Bogam

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Effects of medicinal herbs on ischemic brain injury following focal cerebral ischemia. (a) Experimental protocol. Mice were pretreated via oral administration of 100 or 500 mg/kg of medicinal herb extracts ( each) or PBS (control group, ) for 2 days prior to focal cerebral ischemia, as well as 1 h prior to the procedure. (b, c) Direct infarct volume (b) and edema (c) were quantified via TTC staining 24 h after injury. versus control group. (d) The rota-rod test was used to examine locomotor function. The average latency time over five trials was recorded for each mouse. , versus control group.
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