VWF and stroke disorder: The number of blood vessels (vWF+) significantly increased within the ipsilateral core cortex (P<0.0001), border cortex (P<0.01), core striatum (P<0.01) and border striatum (P<0.05, Scatter plots, non-parametric ANOVA; Figure 3E–H) 14 days post-stroke when compared to the corresponding contralateral hemisphere or when compared to either hemisphere of sham-operated animals.