GFAP and ischemia: Then, we injected a mixture of the Lv‐GFAP‐EGFP and Lv‐Pax6 or Lv‐mCherry into the ipsilateral striatum of rats 7 days before MCAO and sacrificed the rats 14 days after the induction of ischemia to assess the effects of exogenous PAX6 on ischemia‐induced astrocyte‐to‐neuron conversion (Figure 6c,d).