Aim To investigate the protection of oxymatrine on focal crerebral ischemic injury in rats and its mechanism of inhibition of opoptosis.Methods The method of permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats(permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion,pMCAO) was adopted to establish cerebral ischemia model,Through the abdominal cavity pMCAO postoperative rats were given OMT(30,60,120 mg·kg-1).Evaluation index like cerebral infarction volume,water content and behavioral symptoms of brain were taken account i...