Dear Anne-Sophie, Is this one correspond to what you are looking for?

Article Mild Sensory Stimulation Reestablishes Cortical Function dur...

Dear Emmanuelle,

thank you for the link. Unfortunately, the analysis of infarct size was performed 24 h post MCAo. However, some functions were tested during the early hyperacute phase, which might be helpful as well.

Dear Anne-Sophie,

these three papers might be of interest to you: Dzialowski et al 2004 and 2007, Gerriets et al 2004 (they used rats instead of mice, but the content should fit to your request):

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17400758/?i=5&from=dzialowski%20water

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/14748207/?i=2&from=/17400758/related

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/14739415/