Fig. 2

Representative images of frontal consecutive slices of rat brains illustrating the location and area of hematoma in the four groups of animals surviving 7 and 15 days (d) post operation. In the Sham operated brains, no bleeding spots are visible across the frontal to occipital dimension of the brain (a). In other groups, a hematoma is seen at the right striatal area most evident in the 3rd and 4th of the 6 slices (b–c). Scale bar = 1 cm in (a) applying to other panels