Fig. 6
From: The important role of connexin 43 in subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm
Cx43 siRNA and PKC inhibitors reversed the reduction of CBF on SAH animals. a Representative CBF color maps in hippocampus slice from anesthetized rats ventilated with room air in response to different experimental groups; b quantitative graph of ratio of regional relative CBF/regional relative masseter muscle BF. Blood flow of the masseter muscle was used as a reference, the rr CBF/rr masseter muscle BF ratio serve as a quantitative indicator for analyzing reduced CBF. By choosing hippocampus area and masseter muscle as regions of interest for the calculation of the defined hippocampus area/masseter muscle ratio, ratio reduced in the animal suffering from CVS whereas the ratio rose in therapeutic groups. **P<0.01 vs. sham group. ##P<0.01 vs. SAH-only group, n = 8. Bars indicate the mean ± SEM