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Animals then underwent unilateral crush injury to the main trunk of the facial nerve and were randomized to receive treatment with atorvastatin (n = 10), sildenafil (n = 10), darbepoetin (n = 20), or a corresponding control agent (n = 40). The return of whisking function was tracked throughout the recovery period.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All rats initiated the return of whisking function from nerve crush by day 12. Darbepoetin\u2010treated rats (n = 20) showed significantly improved whisking amplitude and velocity across the recovery period, with several days of significant pairwise differences vs comparable control rats (n = 16) across the first 2 weeks of whisking function return. In contrast, rats treated with sildenafil (n = 10) and atorvastatin (n = 10) did not show significant improvement in whisking function recovery after facial nerve crush compared to controls. 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