Double-immunofluorescent labelling of brain slices from rats 24 h post-ischemia confirmed that these STI-1-expressing cells included Neu-N+ neurons (Fig 1F), GFAP+ glia (Fig 1G), MAP-2+ neurons (Fig 1H) and vWF+ vascular endothelial cells (Fig 1I). This evidence concerns the gene MAP2 and ischemia.