The aims of the present study were to investigate the protective effect of tanshinone IIA on the brain and its therapeutic time window in a rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. The rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion was established by suture occlusion. In an initial experiment, male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into control cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat mode...
