To investigate the effects of MEGF10 and MERTK on dendritic spine structure after ischemic stroke, we performed Golgi-Cox staining to visualize neuronal dendritic spines in MEGF10WT, MERTKWT, C-MEGF10KO, C-MERTKKO, A-MEGF10KO, and A-MERTKKO mice. Here, MEGF10 is linked to ischemic stroke.