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). Here, PAX6 is linked to ischemia.