PTH treatment promoted functional recovery after stroke.

<p>The adhesive-removal test was performed to evaluate sensorimotor deficits of the mice before, and 7 to 21 days after focal cerebral ischemia. <b>A</b>. All mice showed impaired function in this test (increased time to detect) after stroke. Mice that received PTH, however, exhibited significantly improved sensorimotor activity (faster detection of the sticky dot) at all time points tested. <b>B</b>. The time to removal of the sticky dot from the affected left paw was significantly increased in all stroke animals at 7 days after stroke. PTH treatment, however, improved this sensorimotor activity so that the time to removal was significantly shorter 14 days after stroke. N = 11–20 animals, * <i>P</i><0.05, ** <i>P</i><0.01 vs. stroke controls at the same time point.