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

Transcranial direct current stimulation was no better than sham stimulation in strengthening hand function after stroke when ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

Having high blood glucose levels can harm blood vessels over time. A damaged blood vessel in the brain may become blocked or break, which causes a stroke. A stroke is an emergency condition that can ...

so the long-term outcomes post-minor ischaemic stroke are unclear. Methods We recruited participants from inpatient and outpatient services with a lacunar or minor cortical ischaemic stroke (National ...

More people are surviving stroke to experience its long-term consequences, but outcomes in people living more >10 years after stroke have not been described in detail. Methods Data were collected for ...

Results: Multiple possible factors associated with rTMS response were identified, including stroke location, cortical thickness, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotype, initial stroke ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many stroke survivors and families of stroke survivors worry about the safety of flying as a passenger in an airplane after a stroke. Is the concern warranted? It certainly is a common question, so ...

Many strokes affect neocortex, a 6-layered cellular sheet containing excitatory glutamatergic pyramidal projection neurons (~80%) and inhibitory local GABAergic interneurons (~18%) assembled into ...

Stroke Warning Sign Acronyms Drive 911 Calls, F.A.S.T. Leads in Symptom Recall for Public Jan. 30, 2025 — Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a ...