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 3 (2006), Issue 5 (May)

1. Role of T lymphocytes and interferon-gamma in ischemic stroke.
   Circulation, 113(17): 2105-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effects of early treatment with statins on short-term clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
   JAMA, 295(17): 2046-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Cerebrovascular disease and varicella in children.
   Brain Dev, 28(6): 366-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Risk and determinants of myocardial injury during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
   Am J Cardiol, 97(10): 1482-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Perception of motor strength and stimulus magnitude are correlated in stroke patients.
   Neurology, 66(9): 1444-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Double dissociation between representational personal and extrapersonal neglect.
   Neurology, 66(9): 1414-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Retinal vessel diameters and risk of stroke: the Rotterdam Study.
   Neurology, 66(9): 1339-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A population-based study of the incidence and prognosis of lacunar stroke.
   Neurology, 66(9): 1335-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Histological assessment of 526 symptomatic carotid plaques in relation to the nature and timing of ischemic symptoms: the Oxford plaque study.
   Circulation, 113(19): 2320-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Incremental limb hypometria.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(6): 793-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Risk awareness and knowledge of patients with stroke: results of a questionnaire survey 3 months after stroke.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(6): 726-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Type of stroke after transient monocular blindness or retinal infarction of presumed arterial origin.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(6): 734-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. No evidence that severity of stroke in internal carotid occlusion is related to collateral arteries.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 77(6): 729-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate lowers blood pressure and maintains cerebral blood flow in recent stroke.
    Hypertension, 47(6): 1209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. 2-(1-Hydroxypentyl)-benzoate increases cerebral blood flow and reduces infarct volume in rats model of transient focal cerebral ischemia.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 317(3): 973-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Aspirin plus dipyridamole versus aspirin alone after cerebral ischaemia of arterial origin (ESPRIT): randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet, 367(9523): 1665-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Effects of conjugated equine estrogen on stroke in the Women's Health Initiative.
    Circulation, 113(20): 2425-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Factor VII gene haplotypes and risk of ischemic stroke.
    Clin Chem, 52(6): 1190-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Protective effect of anthocyanins in middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion model of cerebral ischemia in rats.
    Life Sci, 79(2): 130-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence in the US elderly: the role of risk factors in the EPESE study.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1368-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Proportions of stroke subtypes among men and women > or =40 years of age in an urban Japanese city in 1992, 1997, and 2002.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1374-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Epidemiology of aphasia attributable to first ischemic stroke: incidence, severity, fluency, etiology, and thrombolysis.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1379-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Community socioeconomic status and prehospital times in acute stroke and transient ischemic attack: do poorer patients have longer delays from 911 call to the emergency department?
    Stroke, 37(6): 1508-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Increased brain expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 after ischemic and hemorrhagic human stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1399-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced corticomotor excitability and associated motor skill acquisition in chronic stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1471-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Modest MRI signal intensity changes precede delayed cortical necrosis after transient focal ischemia in the rat.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1525-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Uric acid is a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke: the Rotterdam study.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1503-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Association of phosphodiesterase 4D polymorphisms with ischemic stroke in a US population stratified by hypertension status.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1385-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Stroke information reported on local television news: a national perspective.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1556-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Pressor therapy in acute ischemic stroke: systematic review.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1565-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Lipoprotein(a) and incident ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1407-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Classification of cause of death after stroke in clinical research.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1521-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Primary prevention of ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council: cosponsored by the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease Interdisciplinary Working Group; Cardiovascular Nursing Council; Clinical Cardiology Council; Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: the American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1583-633. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Motor cortex activation during treatment may predict therapeutic gains in paretic hand function after stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1552-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Persistent infarct hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted imaging late after stroke indicates heterogeneous, delayed, infarct evolution.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1418-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Statin use and sex-specific stroke outcomes in patients with vascular disease.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1427-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Cortical perfusion measurement by indocyanine-green videoangiography in patients undergoing hemicraniectomy for malignant stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1549-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do?
    Stroke, 37(6): 1483-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Model of hospital-supported discharge after stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1514-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Poststroke rehabilitation: outcomes and reimbursement of inpatient rehabilitation facilities and subacute rehabilitation programs.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1477-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Prior events predict cerebrovascular and coronary outcomes in the PROGRESS trial.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1497-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. The role of antiplatelet therapy in carotid stenting for ischemic stroke prevention.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1572-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Impaired glucose tolerance increases stroke risk in nondiabetic patients with transient ischemic attack or minor ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 37(6): 1413-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Mitochondrial membrane potential and ischemic neuronal death.
    Neurosci Res, 55(3): 234-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Glutamate transporters GLAST and EAAT4 regulate postischemic Purkinje cell death: an in vivo study using a cardiac arrest model in mice lacking GLAST or EAAT4.
    Neurosci Res, 55(3): 264-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Memory dysfunction in caudate infarction caused by Heubner's recurring artery occlusion.
    Brain Cogn, 61(2): 133-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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