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 5 (May)

1. Targeting platelets in acute experimental stroke: impact of glycoprotein Ib, VI, and IIb/IIIa blockade on infarct size, functional outcome, and intracranial bleeding.
   Circulation, 115(17): 2323-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Brain transplantation of immortalized human neural stem cells promotes functional recovery in mouse intracerebral hemorrhage stroke model.
   Stem Cells, 25(5): 1204-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Self-actualization and poststroke rehabilitation.
   Int J Rehabil Res, 30(2): 111-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Hemiplegia recovers after cranioplasty in stroke patients in the chronic stage.
   Int J Rehabil Res, 30(2): 103-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and its relationship to fibrinolysis and inflammation during the acute and convalescent phase of ischemic stroke.
   Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis, 18(4): 365-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Neural regions essential for distinct cognitive processes underlying picture naming.
   Brain, 130: 1408-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Enriched environment enhances transplanted subventricular zone stem cell migration and functional recovery after stroke.
   Neuroscience, 146(1): 31-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Estrogen-mediated neuroprotection in the cortex may require NMDA receptor activation.
   Neuroscience, 146(1): 160-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Future of neuroprotection for acute stroke: in the aftermath of the SAINT trials.
   Ann Neurol, 61(5): 396-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Comparative changes in the blood-brain barrier and cerebral infarction of SHR and WKY rats.
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 292(5): R1881-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Five-year experience with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale.
    Am J Cardiol, 99(9): 1316-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Outcomes after transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with paradoxical embolism.
    Am J Cardiol, 99(9): 1312-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Axonal sprouting into the denervated spinal cord and synaptic and postsynaptic protein expression in the spinal cord after transplantation of bone marrow stromal cell in stroke rats.
    Brain Res, 1149: 172-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. PPAR-gamma: therapeutic target for ischemic stroke.
    Trends Pharmacol Sci, 28(5): 244-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Meta-analysis and systematic review of the relationship between hospital volume and outcome following carotid endarterectomy.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(6): 645-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. A short incision for carotid endarterectomy results in decreased morbidity.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(6): 652-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Rate, degree, and predictors of recovery from disability following ischemic stroke.
    Neurology, 68(19): 1583-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. An unusual cause of stroke from a left atrial mass.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 20(5): 537.e1-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Incremental benefit and cost-effectiveness of high-dose statin therapy in high-risk patients with coronary artery disease.
    Circulation, 115(18): 2398-409. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Tandem balloon protection during emergency carotid artery stenting of a stenotic ICA lesion with intraluminal thrombus.
    J Endovasc Ther, 14(2): 214-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Is improvement in impaired cognition and depressive symptoms in post-stroke patients associated with recovery in activities of daily living?
    Acta Neurol Scand, 115(5): 339-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Infection after acute stroke is associated with poor short-term outcome.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 115(5): 331-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Action observation has a positive impact on rehabilitation of motor deficits after stroke.
    Neuroimage, 36: T164-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Stroke thrombolysis 2006: an update progress in cardiovascular diseases.
    Prog Cardiovasc Dis, 49(6): 430-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections: more dangerous than we think?
    Spine, 32(11): 1249-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Hemodynamic response function in patients with stroke-induced aphasia: implications for fMRI data analysis.
    Neuroimage, 36(2): 322-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Cortical abnormalities and language function in young patients with basal ganglia stroke.
    Neuroimage, 36(2): 431-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Comparison of in vivo and in vitro gene expression profiles in subventricular zone neural progenitor cells from the adult mouse after middle cerebral artery occlusion.
    Neuroscience, 146(3): 1053-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Fibromuscular dysplasia may herald symptomatic recurrence of cervical artery dissection.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 448-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Duplex scanning diagnosis of internal carotid artery dissections. A case control study.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 441-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Knowledge and understanding of disease process, risk factors and treatment modalities in patients with a recent TIA or minor ischemic stroke.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Is transcranial Doppler for the detection of venous-to-arterial circulation shunts reproducible?
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 424-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Quality of life 6 months after acute stroke: impact of initial treatment in a stroke unit and general medical wards.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 417-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Cognitive disorders in acute stroke: prevalence and clinical determinants.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 408-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Coping strategies as determinants of quality of life in stroke patients: a longitudinal study.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 401-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Paraoxonase 2 gene C311S polymorphism is associated with a risk of large vessel disease stroke in a Polish population.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 23(5): 395-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Atherosclerotic burden and early mortality in acute ischemic stroke.
    Arch Neurol, 64(5): 699-704. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Utility of urinalysis in discriminating cardioembolic stroke mechanism.
    Arch Neurol, 64(5): 667-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Delayed manifestation and slow progression of cerebral infarction caused by polycythemia rubra vera.
    Am J Med Sci, 333(5): 317-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Sealing the left atrial appendage: ready for prime time?
    Am J Med Sci, 333(5): 285-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. A prospective study of secondary degeneration following subcortical infarction using diffusion tensor imaging.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(6): 581-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Dynamic changes in corticospinal tracts after stroke detected by fibretracking.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(6): 587-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Effect of socioeconomic status on functional and motor recovery after stroke: a European multicentre study.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(6): 593-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Acute treatment and long-term management of stroke in developing countries.
    Lancet Neurol, 6(6): 553-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Neuroprotective effect of dapsone in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a pilot study.
    Neurol Res, 29(3): 331-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Window narrowing: a new method for standardized assessment of the tissue at risk-maximum of infarction in CT based brain perfusion maps.
    Neurol Res, 29(3): 296-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Failure to improve the effect of thrombolysis by memantine in a rat embolic stroke model.
    Neurol Res, 29(3): 264-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Cognitive performance after carotid angioplasty and stenting with brain protection devices.
    Neurol Res, 29(3): 251-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis masquerading as ischaemic stroke: a catastrophic pitfall in any emergency department.
    Emerg Med J, 24(6): 440. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in neurorehabilitation.
    Muscle Nerve, 35(5): 562-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Pharmacological, surgical, and neurovascular interventions to augment acute aphasia recovery.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 86(6): 426-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Accuracy of serial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores to identify artery status in acute ischemic stroke.
    Circulation, 115(20): 2660-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Risk of thromboembolism in heart failure: an analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT).
    Circulation, 115(20): 2637-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Heliox and oxygen reduce infarct volume in a rat model of focal ischemia.
    Exp Neurol, 205(2): 587-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Combination treatment with dipyridamole, aspirin, and tPA in an embolic model of stroke in rats.
    Exp Neurol, 205(2): 563-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. The phenylpropanoid micronutrient chlorogenic acid improves clinical rating scores in rabbits following multiple infarct ischemic strokes: synergism with tissue plasminogen activator.
    Exp Neurol, 205(2): 407-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Ischemic brain tissue water content: CT monitoring during middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion in rats.
    Radiology, 243(3): 720-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Clinical and radiological features of childhood cerebral infarction following varicella zoster virus infection.
    Dev Med Child Neurol, 49(6): 417-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Predictive utility of pulse pressure and other blood pressure measures for cardiovascular outcomes.
    Hypertension, 49(6): 1256-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Rehabilitation in acute stroke patients in German-speaking Switzerland.
    Swiss Med Wkly, 137(13): 205-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Moderate hyperglycaemia is associated with favourable outcome in acute lacunar stroke.
    Brain, 130: 1626-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Normobaric hyperoxia improves cerebral blood flow and oxygenation, and inhibits peri-infarct depolarizations in experimental focal ischaemia.
    Brain, 130: 1631-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. The topography of aortic atherosclerosis enhances its precision as a predictor of stroke.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(6): 2087-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Na+/K+-ATPase alpha isoforms expression in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat heart ventricles: effect of salt loading and lacidipine treatment.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 565(1): 151-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Effects of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (MC-1) in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the MEND-CABG randomized study.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 133(6): 1604-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. The cost of pneumonia after acute stroke.
    Neurology, 68(22): 1938-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Readmission and death after hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke: 5-year follow-up in the medicare population.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1899-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Maternal and infant characteristics associated with perinatal arterial stroke in the preterm infant.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1759-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. The 2006 William Feinberg lecture: shifting the paradigm from stroke to global vascular risk estimation.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1980-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. An example of US Food and Drug Administration device regulation: medical devices indicated for use in acute ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1988-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Digital map of posterior cerebral artery infarcts associated with posterior cerebral artery trunk and branch occlusion.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1805-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Estimated cost savings of increased use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke in Canada.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1952-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Lipoprotein (a) and stroke: a meta-analysis of observational studies.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1959-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Short-term risk for stroke is doubled in persons with newly treated type 2 diabetes compared with persons without diabetes: a population-based cohort study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1739-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Serum cellular fibronectin and matrix metalloproteinase-9 as screening biomarkers for the prediction of parenchymal hematoma after thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke: a multicenter confirmatory study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1855-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Meta-analysis of traditional Chinese patent medicine for ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1973-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Can we improve the statistical analysis of stroke trials? Statistical reanalysis of functional outcomes in stroke trials.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1911-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. New pediatric model of ischemic stroke in infant piglets by photothrombosis: acute changes in cerebral blood flow, microvasculature, and early histopathology.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1932-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Infrared laser therapy for ischemic stroke: a new treatment strategy: results of the NeuroThera Effectiveness and Safety Trial-1 (NEST-1).
    Stroke, 38(6): 1843-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Stroke units in their natural habitat: systematic review of observational studies.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1886-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Association between disability measures and healthcare costs after initial treatment for acute stroke.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1893-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. The Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1905-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Predictive variables for mortality after acute ischemic stroke.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1873-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Usefulness of cardiovascular investigations in stroke management: clinical relevance and economic implications.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1956-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Impairment of cerebral perfusion and infarct patterns attributable to vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective MRI and DSA study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1831-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Brain atrophy is related to lacunar lesions and tissue microstructural changes in CADASIL.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1786-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Validation of an acute ischemic stroke model: does diffusion-weighted imaging lesion volume offer a clinically significant improvement in prediction of outcome?
    Stroke, 38(6): 1820-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Arterial baroreflex: a novel target for preventing stroke in rat hypertension.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1916-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Depressive disorders after 20 months in elderly stroke patients: a case-control study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1860-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in children: data from the nationwide inpatient sample.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1850-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Combining multiple approaches for the secondary prevention of vascular events after stroke: a quantitative modeling study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1881-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Risk of myocardial infarction or vascular death after first ischemic stroke: the Northern Manhattan Study.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1752-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Metabolic syndrome and the risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke among Japanese men and women.
    Stroke, 38(6): 1744-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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