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Sex-independent neuroprotection with minocycline after experimental thromboembolic stroke

Md Nasrul Hoda1,6, Weiguo Li2, Ajmal Ahmad1, Safia Ogbi2, Marina A Zemskova3, Maribeth H Johnson4, Adviye Ergul2,6, William D Hill5,6, David C Hess1 and Irina Y Sazonova1,3,6*

1 Department of Neurology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA

2 Department of Physiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA

3 Department of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA

4 Department of Biostatistics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA

5 Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA

6 Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA

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Experimental & Translational Stroke Medicine 2011, 3:16 doi:10.1186/2040-7378-3-16

Published: 16 December 2011

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Additional Figure 1, (Figure S1). Representative PeriScan scanning imaging of brain at 1 hour after stroke (PeriScan PIM 3 System, North Royalton, Ohio).

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Additional Figure 2 (Figure S2). Representative PeriScan scanning imaging of brain at 24 hours after stroke (PeriScan PIM 3 System, North Royalton, Ohio).

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Additional Figure 3 (Figure S3). Representative images of infarct volume determined by T2 diffusion-weighted MRI.

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Additional Figure 4 (Figure S4). Comparison of estrogen level in females mice (data are presented in the Results).

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Additional Figure 5 (Figure S5). Representative brain images of OVX females treated with vehicle and minocycline.

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Additional Figure 6 (Figure S6). Densitometric analysis (A) and representative Western Blots (B) of time-dependent MMP-9 expression in brain.

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Additional Figure 7 (Figure S7). Representative zymography of MMP-9 activity.

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Additional Figure 8 (Figure S8). Summarized analysis of minocycline to reduce infarct (A) and improve neurological outcomes (B) after acute ischemia.

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Additional Methods. Measurement of cerebral perfusion and MRI procedure.

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