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 Shuanghe-tang on BBB disruption after ischemic brain injury. Mice were pretreated via oral administration of 100 or 300 mg/kg of Shuanghe-tang () or PBS (control group, ) once per day for 4 days prior to ischemic insult, as well as 1 h prior to the procedure. Evans Blue (4 mg/kg) was intravenously injected immediately following photothrombotic ischemic insult. (a) Representative photographs of Evans Blue leakage in control or Shunaghe-tang groups 24 h after ischemic injury. (b) Quantification of Evans Blue extravasation. versus control group.
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