Methods The authors performed a prospective observational cross-sectional study in a teaching hospital of patients with a clinical diagnosis of ischaemic lacunar or minor cortical stroke. The authors ...

Some people experience post-stroke seizures due to erratic electrical brain activity. Seizure prevention may be part of the post-stroke care program, and seizures are typically managed with medication ...

Ischemic stroke is common in the elderly, and is one of the main causes of long-term disability ... surface density, volume density, and gap width of cortical synapses, as well as PSD and GAP-43 ...

There is no data in humans regarding DA levels immediately following stroke, however two studies have used non-human primates. One study injected a shower of microemboli followed by one large embolus ...

The MRI scans were centrally evaluated for SVD, including white matter hyperintensities (WMH), cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), lacunes, basal ganglia-enlarged perivascular spaces (BGPVS), cortical ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours ...

Stroke can lead to long-term neurological deficits. Adult neurogenesis, the continuous generation of newborn neurons in distinct regions of the brain throughout life, has been considered as one of ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word "cat" is stuck on the tip ...

Introduction: Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, but there has been limited success in translating putative treatments from preclinical trials to patients. The ...

The N400 response is one of the best-studied ERP components associated with language processing. Manipulations such as semantic priming ('coffee' → 'tea') and contextual fit ('I like my coffee ...

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