Figure 6 Case 6: (A) MRA showed occlusion of the left internal carotid artery. (B) MRI 4 days before cell injection and (C) 7 days after cell injection. Red arrows in B indicate the infarcted lesions before cell injection, and blue arrows in C show the reduced lesion volume and lower signal intensity after cell injection. (D) NIHSS scores for 1 year and (E) rate of change in NIHSS. From: Intravenous administration of auto serum-expanded autologous mesenchymal stem cells in stroke Brain. 2011;134(6):1790-1807. doi:10.1093/brain/awr063 Brain | © The Author (2011). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com 1