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 4 (2007), Issue 10 (October)

1. The Fangshan/Family-based Ischemic Stroke Study In China (FISSIC) protocol.
   BMC Med Genet, 8: 60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Sign language aphasia due to left occipital lesion in a deaf signer.
   Neurology, 69(14): 1466-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Minocycline treatment in acute stroke: an open-label, evaluator-blinded study.
   Neurology, 69(14): 1404-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Neurodevelopmental outcome in survivors of periventricular hemorrhagic infarction.
   Pediatrics, 120(4): 785-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Effects of robot-aided bilateral force-induced isokinetic arm training combined with conventional rehabilitation on arm motor function in patients with chronic stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1332-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Coordination between reaching and grasping in patients with hemiparesis and healthy subjects.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1325-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Predictive validity and responsiveness of the functional ambulation category in hemiparetic patients after stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1314-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Measurement of energy cost by the physiological cost index in walking after stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1298-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Mobility assistive device utilization in a prospective study of patients with first-ever stroke.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1268-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Dual-task exercise improves walking ability in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(10): 1236-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Poststroke urinary incontinence: one-year outcome and relationships with measures of attentiveness.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(10): 1571-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Preventing stroke among children with sickle cell anemia: an analysis of strategies that involve transcranial Doppler testing and chronic transfusion.
    Pediatrics, 120(4): e1107-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Practitioner and organizational barriers to evidence-based practice of physical therapists for people with stroke.
    Phys Ther, 87(10): 1284-303; discussion 1304-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Combination therapy of rosiglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma ligand, and NMDA receptor antagonist (MK-801) on experimental embolic stroke in rats.
    Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol, 101(5): 309-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Diagnosis and management of labile blood pressure during acute cerebrovascular accidents and other hypertensive crises.
    Am J Emerg Med, 25(8): 949-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Stroke and myocardial infarction as late complications of lung transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(10): 1065-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Looking at human eyes affects contralesional stimulus processing after right hemispheric stroke.
    Neurology, 69(16): 1619-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Clinical and brain MRI follow-up study of a family with COL4A1 mutation.
    Neurology, 69(16): 1564-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Yawning in acute anterior circulation stroke.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(11): 1253-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The PI3K/Akt pathway mediates the neuroprotective effect of atorvastatin in extending thrombolytic therapy after embolic stroke in the rat.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(11): 2470-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention.
    Lancet Neurol, 6(11): 981-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Fast assessment of stroke and transient ischaemic attack to prevent early recurrence (FASTER): a randomised controlled pilot trial.
    Lancet Neurol, 6(11): 961-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A transient ischaemic attack clinic with round-the-clock access (SOS-TIA): feasibility and effects.
    Lancet Neurol, 6(11): 953-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison.
    Lancet, 370(9596): 1432-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. A protective role of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene variant towards ischaemic stroke in Sardinians.
    J Intern Med, 262(5): 555-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. T- and B-cell-deficient mice with experimental stroke have reduced lesion size and inflammation.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 27(11): 1798-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Transient hypertension concurrent with forepaw stimulation enhances functional MRI responsiveness in infarct and peri-infarct regions.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 27(11): 1819-29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Medial temporal atrophy rather than white matter hyperintensities predict cognitive decline in stroke survivors.
    Neurobiol Aging, 28(11): 1664-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Drug evaluation of clopidogrel in patients with ischemic stroke.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 8(16): 2825-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Atorvastatin in prevention of stroke and transient ischaemic attack.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 8(16): 2789-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Hypertension in pregnancy: an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
    Nat Clin Pract Nephrol, 3(11): 613-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Antiplatelet medication management in patients hospitalized with ischemic stroke.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(21): 2250-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Stroke and its prevention in chronic kidney disease.
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2(6): 1343-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Decreased paraoxonase-1 activity is a risk factor for ischemic stroke in Koreans.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 364(1): 157-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Poverty and stroke in India: a time to act.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3063-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. A systematic evaluation of the adaptation of depression diagnostic methods for stroke survivors who have aphasia.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3076-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Reversed Robin Hood syndrome in acute ischemic stroke patients.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3045-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Stroke incidence, prognosis, 30-day, and 1-year case fatality rates in Matão, Brazil: a population-based prospective study.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2906-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Carnosine is neuroprotective against permanent focal cerebral ischemia in mice.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3023-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Novel end point analytic techniques and interpreting shifts across the entire range of outcome scales in acute stroke trials.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3055-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. NADPH oxidase plays a central role in blood-brain barrier damage in experimental stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3000-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Development and validation of a short form of the Fugl-Meyer motor scale in patients with stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3052-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Interleukin-6 174G/C polymorphism and ischemic stroke: a systematic review.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3070-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Noninvasive cardiac monitoring for detecting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or flutter after acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2935-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Lesion volume change after treatment with tissue plasminogen activator can discriminate clinical responders from nonresponders.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2919-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Evidence against a perihemorrhagic penumbra provided by perfusion computed tomography.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2941-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Facilities available in European hospitals treating stroke patients.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2985-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Sex differences in quality of life in stroke survivors: data from the Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TAIST).
    Stroke, 38(11): 2960-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Long-term neuroblast migration along blood vessels in an area with transient angiogenesis and increased vascularization after stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3032-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Association of leukocyte count with progression of aortic atheroma in stroke/transient ischemic attack patients.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2900-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Antiedema therapy in ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3084-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation combined with task-related training improves lower limb functions in subjects with chronic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2953-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. A computerized algorithm for etiologic classification of ischemic stroke: the Causative Classification of Stroke System.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2979-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Neuroprotective effects of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase inhibition and gene deletion in stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2992-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3049-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Dysphagia bedside screening for acute-stroke patients: the Gugging Swallowing Screen.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2948-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. B vitamin plasma levels and the risk of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack in a German cohort.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2912-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Pioglitazone exerts protective effects against stroke in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats, independently of blood pressure.
    Stroke, 38(11): 3016-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Direct thrombin inhibition and stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: experience from the SPORTIF III and V Trials.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2965-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. A randomized, controlled trial to teach middle school children to recognize stroke and call 911: the kids identifying and defeating stroke project.
    Stroke, 38(11): 2972-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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