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 4 (April)

1. Catheter redundancy in the aortic arch increases the risk of stroke in left subclavian arterial port-catheter systems.
   J Vasc Interv Radiol, 16(4): 471-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Regional differences in the use of out-patient services by stroke patients after hospitalisation.
   Eur Neurol, 53(1): 10-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Unstable angina, stroke, myocardial infarction and death in aspirin non-responders. A prospective, randomized trial. The ASCET (ASpirin non-responsiveness and Clopidogrel Endpoint Trial) design.
   Scand Cardiovasc J, 38(6): 353-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Thalamic infarct presenting with thalamic astasia.
   Eur J Neurol, 12(4): 317-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Dynamic dephasing changes in developing ischemic cerebral infarction in rats studied by Carr-Purcell T2 magnetic resonance imaging.
   Magn Reson Med, 53(4): 960-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Novel ophthalmological features in hereditary endotheliopathy with retinopathy, nephropathy and stroke syndrome.
   Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 33(2): 181-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The sensitivity of somatic symptoms in post-stroke depression: a discriminant analytic approach.
   Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(4): 358-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation: the SPORTIF programme.
   Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb, 34: 25-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Applying instance-based techniques to prediction of final outcome in acute stroke.
   Artif Intell Med, 33(3): 223-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Construct and predictive validity of the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status in the evaluation of stroke patients.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 27(1): 16-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. In situ immunoradiographic method for quantification of specific proteins in normal and ischemic brain regions.
    J Neurosci Methods, 143(2): 227-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Beyond subgroup analysis: improving the clinical interpretation of treatment effects in stroke research.
    J Neurosci Methods, 143(2): 209-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Effects of solifenacin succinate (YM905) on detrusor overactivity in conscious cerebral infarcted rats.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 512(1): 61-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. "I can write seven but I can't say it": a case of domain-specific phonological output deficit for numbers.
    Neuropsychologia, 43(8): 1177-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. People aged over 75 in atrial fibrillation on warfarin: the rate of major hemorrhage and stroke in more than 500 patient-years of follow-up.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 53(4): 655-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The effect of a task-oriented walking intervention on improving balance self-efficacy poststroke: a randomized, controlled trial.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 53(4): 576-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The diffusion-weighted lesion in acute stroke: heterogeneous patterns of flow/metabolism uncoupling as assessed by quantitative positron emission tomography.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 239-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Cerebrovascular disease as a complication of cardiac transplantation.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 267-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Safety and feasibility of a lower dose intravenous TPA therapy for ischemic stroke beyond the first three hours.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 260-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Bendrofluazide fails to reduce elevated blood pressure levels in the immediate post-stroke period.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 253-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. When to measure lipid profile after stroke?
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 234-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Screening children for sickle cell vasculopathy: guidelines for transcranial Doppler evaluation.
    Pediatr Radiol, 35(3): 235-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A case-control analysis of intra-arterial urokinase thrombolysis in acute cardioembolic stroke.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 225-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Aphasia following striatocapsular infarction may be explained by concomitant small cortical infarct on diffusion-weighted imaging.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 19(4): 220-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Use of 3-D magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography in detecting human cerebral stroke: a simulation study.
    J Zhejiang Univ Sci B, 6(5): 438-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The first three years of the Swiss Neuropaediatric Stroke Registry (SNPSR): a population-based study of incidence, symptoms and risk factors.
    Neuropediatrics, 36(2): 90-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Clinical characteristics of patients with ischemic ocular nerve palsies and lacunar brain infarcts: a retrospective comparative study.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(5): 333-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Dynamics of cytochrome c oxidase activity in acute ischemic stroke.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(5): 329-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Management of acute cerebellar stroke.
    Arch Neurol, 62(4): 537-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Issues for selection of outcome measures in stroke rehabilitation: ICF Body Functions.
    Disabil Rehabil, 27(4): 191-207. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Motor and functional recovery in patients with post-stroke depression.
    Disabil Rehabil, 27(4): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Measurement properties of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale among individuals with stroke.
    Disabil Rehabil, 27(4): 156-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Late multidisciplinary rehabilitation in young people after stroke.
    Disabil Rehabil, 27(3): 111-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Effects of surface electrical stimulation on the muscle-tendon junction of spastic gastrocnemius in stroke patients.
    Disabil Rehabil, 27(3): 105-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The Study on COgnition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE) - major CV events and stroke in subgroups of patients.
    Blood Press, 14(1): 31-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Dystonia after a bone fracture of the arm in a patient with a history of striato-pallidal ischemic stroke: a case report.
    Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 11(3): 195-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Temporary focal ischemia in the mouse: technical aspects and patterns of Fluoro-Jade evident neurodegeneration.
    Brain Res, 1042(1): 29-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Simvastatin reduced ischemic brain injury and perfusion deficits in an embolic model of stroke.
    Brain Res, 1042(1): 1-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Thrombolytic therapies: the current state of affairs.
    J Endovasc Ther, 12(2): 224-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Neurological outcome of conservative versus endovascular treatment of patients with asymptomatic high-grade carotid artery stenosis: a propensity score-adjusted analysis.
    J Endovasc Ther, 12(2): 145-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Functional implications of ipsilesional motor deficits after unilateral stroke.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 776-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Unilateral spatial neglect: relation to rehabilitation outcomes in patients with right hemisphere stroke.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 763-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Restoration of weight-shifting capacity in patients with postacute stroke: a rehabilitation cohort study.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 755-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Distribution of artificial cerebral microemboli in stroke patients with patent foramen ovale.
    Neurol Res, 27(1): 109-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Cheiro-pedal syndrome following pontine infarction.
    Neurol Res, 27(1): 103-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Elevation of plasma oxidized LDL in acute stroke patients is associated with ischemic lesions depicted by DWI and predictive of infarct enlargement.
    Neurol Res, 27(1): 94-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Capnography screening for sleep apnea in patients with acute stroke.
    Neurol Res, 27(1): 83-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Evidence for multiple, distinct representations of the human body.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 17(4): 543-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Abnormalities in cardiac baroreceptor sensitivity in acute ischaemic stroke patients are related to aortic stiffness.
    Clin Sci (Lond), 108(5): 441-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Predictors of good outcome in medium to large spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhages.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(5): 691-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. The vestibular control of balance after stroke.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(5): 670-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Neurogenetics II: complex disorders.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(5): 623-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Pharmacological neutropenia prevents endothelial dysfunction but not smooth muscle functions impairment induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion.
    Br J Pharmacol, 144(8): 1051-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. The influence of concurrent carotid endarterectomy on coronary bypass: a case-controlled study.
    J Vasc Surg, 41(3): 397-401; discussion 401-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Prospective study of body mass index and risk of stroke in apparently healthy women.
    Circulation, 111(15): 1992-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Association of body mass index and obesity measured in early childhood with risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in middle age: findings from the aberdeen children of the 1950s prospective cohort study.
    Circulation, 111(15): 1891-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm causing myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident.
    J Emerg Med, 28(4): 431-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene 153 increases transiently in the thalamus following focal cerebral infarction.
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res, 134(2): 189-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Up-regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor expression in the ischemic core and the peri-ischemic area after transient MCA occlusion in rats.
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res, 134(2): 181-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Transiently elevated diastolic blood pressure is associated with a gender-dependent effect on cardiovascular risk.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(5): 347-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Alcohol intake in middle age and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: accounting for intake variation over time.
    Am J Epidemiol, 161(9): 856-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Reproducibility of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating aortic atheroma in stroke patients.
    Echocardiography, 22(4): 326-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Disturbance of motor imagery after cerebellar stroke.
    Behav Neurosci, 119(2): 622-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Exercise preconditioning ameliorates inflammatory injury in ischemic rats during reperfusion.
    Acta Neuropathol (Berl), 109(3): 237-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Tactics for vascular protection after acute ischemic stroke.
    Pharmacotherapy, 25(3): 387-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Impact of prophylactic amiodarone on length of hospital stay, stroke, and atrial fibrillation after cardiothoracic surgery.
    Pharmacotherapy, 25(3): 320-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Incidence and diagnosis of unilateral arterial cerebral infarction in newborn infants.
    J Perinat Med, 33(2): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Predictors of first stroke in Type 1 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study.
    Diabet Med, 22(5): 551-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Visual neglect in the first weeks after a stroke in the right hemisphere.
    Scand J Psychol, 46(3): 297-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Predicting final infarct size using acute and subacute multiparametric MRI measurements in patients with ischemic stroke.
    J Magn Reson Imaging, 21(5): 495-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Acupuncture for acute stroke.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Services for reducing duration of hospital care for acute stroke patients.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Low-molecular-weight heparins or heparinoids versus standard unfractionated heparin for acute ischaemic stroke.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Does transesophageal echocardiographic demonstration of a patent foramen ovale in patients with a recent cerebral ischemic event change anticoagulation therapy?
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 18(4): 357-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Does cranial ultrasound imaging identify arterial cerebral infarction in term neonates?
    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 90(3): F252-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Neuroprotective herbs for stroke therapy in traditional eastern medicine.
    Neurol Res, 27(3): 287-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Ischemic preconditioning procedure induces behavioral deficits in the absence of brain injury?
    Neurol Res, 27(3): 261-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Local brain hypothermia for neuroprotection in stroke treatment and aneurysm repair.
    Neurol Res, 27(3): 238-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke.
    Intern Med J, 35(5): 300-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Seeing it my way: a case of a selective deficit in inhibiting self-perspective.
    Brain, 128: 1102-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Kinetic and kinematic workspaces of the index finger following stroke.
    Brain, 128: 1112-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Vicarious function within the human primary motor cortex? A longitudinal fMRI stroke study.
    Brain, 128: 1122-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Interlimb influences on paretic leg function in poststroke hemiparesis.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(5): 2460-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Effect of endothelin antagonist (TAK-044) on cerebral ischemic volume, oxidative stress markers and neurobehavioral parameters in the middle cerebral artery occlusion model of stroke in rats.
    Life Sci, 77(1): 15-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Cheyne-Stokes respiration in stroke: relationship to hypocapnia and occult cardiac dysfunction.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 171(9): 1048-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Outcomes in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
    CMAJ, 172(9): 1183-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Recurrent embolic stroke originating from an internal carotid aneurysm in a young adult.
    J Neurol Sci, 232(1): 115-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Quantitative evaluation of BBB permeability after embolic stroke in rat using MRI.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 25(5): 583-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Longitudinal diffusion changes in cerebral hemispheres after MCA infarcts.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 25(5): 641-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Neurocognitive sequelae of sickle cell disease: current issues and future directions.
    J Pediatr Oncol Nurs, 22(3): 160-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Prognostic value of median and tibial somatosensory evoked potentials in acute stroke.
    Neurosci Lett, 380(1): 99-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. The administration of cobra venom factor reduces post-ischemic cerebral injury in adult and neonatal rats.
    Neurosci Lett, 380(1): 48-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Fibrin-modifying serine proteases thrombin, tPA, and plasmin in ischemic stroke: a review.
    Glia, 50(4): 340-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Homocysteine as a predictive factor for hip fracture in stroke patients.
    Bone, 36(4): 721-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Arterial dissection and stroke following child abuse: case report and review of the literature.
    Childs Nerv Syst, 21(5): 416-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Early signs of brain infarction at CT: observer reliability and outcome after thrombolytic treatment--systematic review.
    Radiology, 235(2): 444-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. A quantitative in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction study of microglial-macrophage expression of interleukin-1beta mRNA following permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in mice.
    Neuroscience, 132(4): 879-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Secondary prevention after cryptogenic cerebrovascular events in patients with patent foramen ovale.
    Int J Cardiol, 101(1): 77-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Massive cerebral infarction.
    Neurologist, 11(3): 150-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Chloride-dominant salt sensitivity in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.
     Hypertension, 45(5): 867-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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