title: rat 211, sham-operation, right hemisphere
design: The sham-operated rats were subjected to a similar surgical procedure under anaesthesia (neck incision and separation of the bifurcation), but without tMCAO. At 24 h after sham-operation, rats were decapitated. The subcortical structures of the brain were isolated from the right hemisphere. The RNAse R-treated fraction from total RNA (circular RNA-fraction) was used for RNA-seq. Sequencing was carried out using an Illumina HiSeq 2500 instrument. At least 20 million reads (1/200 nt) were generated.