Table 1: Mean Values of T1, T2, MD and FA in the Contralateral Cortex of the Sham (n=3) and Ischemic (n=10) Mice (Measured between Days 7 and 14 as Shown in Fig. (1)) and in the Cortex (same Hemisphere) of Naive (n=5) mice. The One Way Anova Analysis between Naive Values and Respectively Sham and Ischemic Ones Showed no Statistical Difference (DF_r; F; p).

Mice MRI Parameters	Naive	Sham	Ischemic
T1 s	2.00±0.10	1.98±0.12(12; 0.398; 0.540)	1.89±0.16(33; 0.019: 0.828)
T2 ms	42.0±2.0	41.5±2.7(12; 1.16; 0.303)	41.8±2.8(33; 0.033; 0.857)
MD 10-5mm2.s-1	59.0±6.0	60.5±6.8(12; 0.222; 0.646)	58.9±9.6(33; 0.017; 0.963)
FA	0.183±0.06	0.188±0.09(12; 0.176; 0.682)	0.181±0.09(33; 0.463; 0.503)