Figure 1

Evaluation of NDS post-stroke in time. Effect of hypothermic treatment on the Neurological Deficit Score (NDS) as a function of time in sham (n = 9 at 24 and 72 hours and n = 5 at 168 hours), normothermic (n = 12 at 24 and 72 hours and n = 7 at 168 hours) and hypothermic (n = 14 at 24 and 72 hours and n = 8 at 168 hours) animals. *Significantly different (p < 0.05) from 0 hours as determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett post-hoc test. ^§Significantly different (p < 0.05) from normothermic rats as determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett post-hoc test.