Fig. 2

Functional evaluation of motor and sensory performance. Representative graphs of the functional evaluation tests: Rogers, beam walking (a, b) and adhesive removal (c, d) tests before stroke induction (baseline) and at 1 week, 3 weeks, and 6 weeks after permanent stroke. The sham-operated rats did not have any functional deficits. The hyperglycemic rats had poorer functional outcome than the non-hyperglycemic in the beam walking test at 1, 3, and 6 weeks post-stroke. The treated hyperglycemic rats showed better functional recovery compared with the hyperglycemic group without treatment in the Rogers test at 3 and 6 weeks and the beam walking test at 1, 3, and 6 weeks post-stroke (n = 10 animals per group). Data are shown as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05