2022). GFAP is a specific marker for astrocytes. EEs increased the number of GFAP‐positive astrocytes in the rat hippocampus after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) (X. Zhang et al. 2021) and increased astrocyte activity after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) (Caliaperumal and Colbourne 2014). This evidence concerns the gene GFAP and intracerebral hemorrhage.