In contrast to cortical stroke, proximal MCAo (striatal stroke) mice showed many DCX+ cells in the striatal ischemic site at 30 days after stroke (Fig 1J–1L, number of DCX+ cells at striatal ischemic area = 96.88±21.92/section, significantly higher than in the distal MCAo model, p = 0.005 Student’s t-test). The gene discussed is DCX; the disease is stroke disorder.