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 11 (November)

1. Occupational therapy for patients with problems in personal activities of daily living after stroke: systematic review of randomised trials.
   BMJ, 335(7626): 922. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population.
   N Engl J Med, 357(18): 1821-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Brain MRI and neurological deficit measurements in focal stroke: rapid throughput validated with isradipine.
   Pharmacology, 81(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The relationship between hospital case volume and outcome from carotid endartectomy in England from 2000 to 2005.
   Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 34(6): 646-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The influence of aging on the prognostic value of the revised cardiac risk index for postoperative cardiac complications in vascular surgery patients.
   Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 34(6): 632-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A midlife stroke surge among women in the United States.
   Neurology, 69(20): 1898-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Soluble epoxide hydrolase: a novel therapeutic target in stroke.
   J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 27(12): 1931-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Transient cooling during early reperfusion attenuates delayed edema and infarct progression in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat. Distribution and time course of regional brain temperature change in a model of postischemic hypothermic protection.
   J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 27(12): 1919-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Emergency revascularization for acute main-trunk occlusion in the anterior circulation.
   Neurosurg Rev, 31(1): 69-76; discussion 76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. External validation of a six simple variable model of stroke outcome and verification in hyper-acute stroke.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(12): 1390-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Recurrent lacunar infarction following a previous lacunar stroke: a clinical study of 122 patients.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(12): 1392-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Differential impact of cerebral white matter changes, diabetes, hypertension and stroke on cognitive performance among non-disabled elderly. The LADIS study.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(12): 1325-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Stroke in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(12): 1320-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Gamma-glutamyltransferase is associated with incident vascular events independently of alcohol intake: analysis of the British Women's Heart and Health Study and Meta-Analysis.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(12): 2729-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Soluble CD40 ligand predicts ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27(12): 2763-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Glutamate-cysteine ligase polymorphism, hypertension, and male sex are associated with cardiovascular events. Biochemical and genetic characterization of Italian subpopulation.
    Am Heart J, 154(6): 1123-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: an analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS).
    Am Heart J, 154(6): 1086-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Venous thromboembolism and subsequent hospitalisation due to acute arterial cardiovascular events: a 20-year cohort study.
    Lancet, 370(9601): 1773-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Risk factor status and vascular events in patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis.
    Neurology, 69(22): 2063-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Association of diabetes, homocysteine, and HDL with cognition and disability after stroke.
    Neurology, 69(22): 2054-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Comparison of 10 different magnetic resonance perfusion imaging processing methods in acute ischemic stroke: effect on lesion size, proportion of patients with diffusion/perfusion mismatch, clinical scores, and radiologic outcomes.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3158-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Delayed postischemic treatment with fluvastatin improved cognitive impairment after stroke in rats.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3251-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Antithrombin reduces ischemic volume, ameliorates neurologic deficits, and prolongs animal survival in both transient and permanent focal ischemia.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3272-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Shift analysis versus dichotomization of the modified Rankin scale outcome scores in the NINDS and ECASS-II trials.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3205-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Magnetization transfer imaging shows tissue abnormalities in the reversible penumbra.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3165-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. NINDS clinical trials in stroke: lessons learned and future directions.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3302-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Incidence of hemorrhagic stroke in black Caribbean, black African, and white populations: the South London stroke register, 1995-2004.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3133-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Incidence of visual extinction after left versus right hemisphere stroke.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3172-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Decreased glomerular filtration rate is a risk factor for hemorrhagic but not for ischemic stroke: the Rotterdam Study.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3127-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. The contribution of medial temporal lobe atrophy and vascular pathology to cognitive impairment in vascular dementia.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3182-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Migraine mediates the influence of C677T MTHFR genotypes on ischemic stroke risk with a stroke-subtype effect.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3145-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Vascular permeability precedes spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3289-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Population-based analysis of the impact of expanding the time window for acute stroke treatment.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3213-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Progressive increase in infarct size, neuroinflammation, and cognitive deficits in the presence of high levels of amyloid.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3245-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Effects of intense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack: the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3198-204. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Cystatin C, associated with hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, is a strong predictor of the risk of cardiovascular events and death in Chinese.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3287-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Disparity and its time trends in stroke mortality between urban and rural populations in China 1987 to 2001: changing patterns and their implications for public health policy.
    Stroke, 38(12): 3139-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Cerebrovascular accident during cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy of testicular germ cell tumor: an unusual case report.
    Anticancer Drugs, 19(1): 97-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke in older patients.
    N Engl J Med, 357(22): 2262-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Criterion validity of the StepWatch Activity Monitor as a measure of walking activity in patients after stroke.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(12): 1710-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Subacromial corticosteroid injection for poststroke shoulder pain: a retrospective chart review.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(12): 1690-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Clinical analysis of risk factors for falls in home-living stroke patients using functional evaluation tools.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88(12): 1601-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Anti-high mobility group box 1 monoclonal antibody ameliorates brain infarction induced by transient ischemia in rats.
    FASEB J, 21(14): 3904-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Is the mineralocorticoid receptor a potential target for stroke prevention?
    Clin Sci (Lond), 114(1): 37-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Pressor and non-pressor effects of sodium loading on stroke in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol, 35(1): 83-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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