NTF3 and stroke disorder: This is likely an intrinsic mechanism to help minimize damage, as conditional NT-3 knockout animals and animals administered NT-3 neutralizing antibodies have smaller infarct volumes following MCAo stroke and enhanced survival of axotomized corticospinal neurons, respectively, indicating a detrimental role of NT-3 in the acute phase of injury (Giehl and Tetzlaff, 1996; Bates et al., 2002).