All animals were treated prophylactically with ketoprofen (10 mg/kg s.c.) and atropine (0.25 mg/kg s.c.) with two additional doses of ketoprofen at 24 and 48 h post-MCAO. Recombinant human LIF (ProSpec, Ness Ziona, Israel) (125 μg/kg) or PBS (pH 7.4) was administered intravenously at 6, 24, and 48 h post-MCAO as previously described [34 (link), 35 (link)]. Animals were randomly assigned to treatment groups, and all lab personnel administering drugs were blinded to treatments.
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