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We investigated the effects of a neurorestorative treatment paradigm using long-term, central delivery of growth hormone (GH) starting 4 days after stroke. It has been shown previously that a neural GH axis is activated after stroke, that GH is neuroprotective, and can have direct trophic actions on neurons and stem cells. First, we developed and validated a buffer that kept rat GH bioactive for 2...