Stroke Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Stroke, including details on treatment, recovery, rehabilitation, signs, symptoms.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 11 (November)

1. Cortical reorganization and associated functional motor recovery after virtual reality in patients with chronic stroke: an experimenter-blind preliminary study.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2218-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Functional measures across neurologic disease states: analysis of factors in common.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2184-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes of patients with posterior cerebral artery stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2138-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Exploiting interlimb coupling to improve paretic arm reaching performance in people with chronic stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2131-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The influence of perceived pain on satisfaction with community participation after hospital discharge.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2095-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Racial disparities in outcomes of inpatient stroke rehabilitation.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(11): 2081-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors reduce the risk of perioperative stroke and mortality after carotid endarterectomy.
   J Vasc Surg, 42(5): 829-36; discussion 836-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I, -II, and IGF binding protein-3 and risk of ischemic stroke.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(11): 5937-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death.
   N Engl J Med, 353(19): 2034-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Mechanical thrombectomy following intravenous thrombolysis in the treatment of acute stroke.
    Arch Neurol, 62(11): 1763-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Effects of paeoniflorin on the cerebral infarction, behavioral and cognitive impairments at the chronic stage of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.
    Life Sci, 78(4): 413-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Pathogenesis of deep white matter medullary infarcts: a diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging study.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(12): 1659-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Do stroke patients with normal carotid arteries require TEE for exclusion of relevant aortic plaques?
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(12): 1654-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Influence of pre-existing dementia on the risk of post-stroke epileptic seizures.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(12): 1649-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Participation after stroke compared to normal aging.
    J Rehabil Med, 37(6): 353-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Differential item functioning of the Functional Independence Measure in higher performing neurological patients.
    J Rehabil Med, 37(6): 346-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Prevalence of Fabry disease in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a prospective study.
    Lancet, 366(9499): 1794-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Modern emergent stroke imaging: pearls, protocols, and pitfalls.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 44(1): 41-62, vii-viii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Blood pressure evolution after acute ischemic stroke in patients with and without sleep apnea.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2614-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Inhibition of brain GTP cyclohydrolase I and tetrahydrobiopterin attenuates cerebral infarction via reducing inducible NO synthase and peroxynitrite in ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2705-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Systemic blood pressure profile in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2554-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Predicting improvement in gait after stroke: a longitudinal prospective study.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2676-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The impact of history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes at baseline on the incidence of stroke and stroke mortality.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2538-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. First-ever stroke incidence and 30-day case fatality in the Sicilian Aeolian archipelago, Italy.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2738-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Detection of thrombus in acute ischemic stroke: value of thin-section noncontrast-computed tomography.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2745-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Motor strokes: the lesion location determines motor excitability changes.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2648-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds do not predict the response to acute stroke thrombolysis.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2626-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Is white matter involved in patients entered into typical trials of neuroprotection?
    Stroke, 36(12): 2742-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Conversion of ischemic brain tissue into infarction increases with age.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2632-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Facilitation of sensory and motor recovery by thermal intervention for the hemiplegic upper limb in acute stroke patients: a single-blind randomized clinical trial.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2665-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Lesion patterns and stroke mechanism in atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery disease: early diffusion-weighted imaging study.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2583-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Polyamine oxidase and acrolein as novel biochemical markers for diagnosis of cerebral stroke.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2609-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. A model of mini-embolic stroke offers measurements of the neurovascular unit response in the living mouse.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2701-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Dysphagia after stroke: incidence, diagnosis, and pulmonary complications.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2756-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Dynamic cerebral autoregulation in acute lacunar and middle cerebral artery territory ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2595-600. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. The Third Stroke Registry in Tartu, Estonia: decline of stroke incidence and 28-day case-fatality rate since 1991.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2544-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of contralesional primary motor cortex improves hand function after stroke.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2681-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among medicare beneficiaries.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2549-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Presence of early ischemic changes on computed tomography depends on severity and the duration of hypoperfusion: a single photon emission-computed tomographic study.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2601-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Characteristics of blood pressure profiles as predictors of long-term outcome after acute ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2619-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Mitral annular calcification, aortic valve sclerosis, and incident stroke in adults free of clinical cardiovascular disease: the Strong Heart Study.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2533-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Risk of myocardial infarction and vascular death after transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Stroke, 36(12): 2748-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Neurological monitoring and off-pump surgery in a very high-risk stroke patient.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 80(6): 2372-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Carotid artery stenting with neuroprotection: assessing the learning curve and treatment outcome.
    Am J Surg, 190(6): 850-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of heart failure, other cardiovascular events, and death.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(21): 2460-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Human hematopoietic stem/progenitor-enriched CD34(+) cells are mobilized into peripheral blood during stress related to ischemic stroke or acute myocardial infarction.
    Eur J Haematol, 75(6): 461-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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