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 7 (2010), Issue 1 (January)

1. Novel patterns of functional electrical stimulation have an immediate effect on dorsiflexor muscle function during gait for people poststroke.
   Phys Ther, 90(1): 55-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells enhance recovery after acute ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged rats.
   J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 30(1): 140-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Treatment of stroke with a synthetic liver X receptor agonist, TO901317, promotes synaptic plasticity and axonal regeneration in mice.
   J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 30(1): 102-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Brain and blood microRNA expression profiling of ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and kainate seizures.
   J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 30(1): 92-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Rosuvastatin in the prevention of stroke among men and women with elevated levels of C-reactive protein: justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER).
   Circulation, 121(1): 143-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Continuous electroencephalographic monitoring with radio-telemetry in a rat model of perinatal hypoxia-ischemia reveals progressive post-stroke epilepsy.
   J Neurosci, 30(1): 404-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Early clinical worsening in patients with TIA or minor stroke: the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry.
   Neurology, 74(2): 136-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A score to predict early risk of recurrence after ischemic stroke.
   Neurology, 74(2): 128-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Acute silent cerebral infarction in children with sickle cell anemia.
   Pediatr Blood Cancer, 54(3): 461-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu298Asp, 4b/a, and -786T>C gene polymorphisms and the risk of ischemic stroke.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 121(2): 114-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Impaired autoregulation of cerebral blood flow during rewarming from hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and its potential association with stroke.
    Anesth Analg, 110(2): 321-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin ameliorates ischemic stroke in nonhuman primates: an acute study.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 332(2): 429-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Analysis of protein expression profile in the cerebellum of cerebral infarction rats after treadmill training.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 89(2): 107-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to the severity of illness in non-critically ill patients: does relative corticosteroid insufficiency exist?
    Eur J Endocrinol, 162(2): 341-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Structural integrity of corticospinal motor fibers predicts motor impairment in chronic stroke.
    Neurology, 74(4): 280-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 inhibition promotes cell death and limits endothelial cell proliferation in a neonatal rodent model of stroke.
    Stroke, 41(2): 343-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Persistent use of secondary preventive drugs declines rapidly during the first 2 years after stroke.
    Stroke, 41(2): 397-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Caregiving strain and estimated risk for stroke and coronary heart disease among spouse caregivers: differential effects by race and sex.
    Stroke, 41(2): 331-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Stroke rehabilitation 2009: old chestnuts and new insights.
    Stroke, 41(2): e88-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Advances in imaging 2009.
    Stroke, 41(2): e91-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Hospital stroke volume and case-fatality revisited.
    Med Care, 48(2): 149-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients receiving antiplatelet therapy at stroke onset.
    Stroke, 41(2): 288-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Assessment and improvement of figures to visually convey benefit and risk of stroke thrombolysis.
    Stroke, 41(2): 300-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. An imbalance between CD36 and ABCA1 protein expression favors lipid accumulation in stroke-prone ulcerated carotid plaques.
    Stroke, 41(2): 389-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Four-fold increase in direct costs of stroke survivors with spasticity compared with stroke survivors without spasticity: the first year after the event.
    Stroke, 41(2): 319-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Counting cavitating lacunes underestimates the burden of lacunar infarction.
    Stroke, 41(2): 267-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase and incident stroke among Japanese men and women: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS).
    Stroke, 41(2): 385-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Genome-wide association studies of MRI-defined brain infarcts: meta-analysis from the CHARGE Consortium.
    Stroke, 41(2): 210-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Ischemia in broca area is associated with broca aphasia more reliably in acute than in chronic stroke.
    Stroke, 41(2): 325-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Evaluation of the medtronic exponent self-expanding carotid stent system with the medtronic guardwire temporary occlusion and aspiration system in the treatment of carotid stenosis: combined from the MAVErIC (Medtronic AVE Self-expanding CaRotid Stent System with distal protection In the treatment of Carotid stenosis) I and MAVErIC II trials.
    Stroke, 41(2): e102-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Frequency and determinants of lipid testing in ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: findings from get with the guidelines-stroke.
    Stroke, 41(2): 232-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Tuberculosis and the risk of ischemic stroke: a 3-year follow-up study.
    Stroke, 41(2): 244-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. MRI of stroke recovery.
    Stroke, 41(2): 410-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery evolution within 12 hours from stroke onset: a reliable tissue clock?
    Stroke, 41(2): 250-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Noggin protects against ischemic brain injury in rodents.
    Stroke, 41(2): 357-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Short-term and long-term risk of incident ischemic stroke after transient ischemic attack.
    Stroke, 41(2): 239-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Impact of glucose tolerance status on development of ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama study.
    Stroke, 41(2): 203-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Activation of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor-1 by FTY720 is neuroprotective after ischemic stroke in rats.
    Stroke, 41(2): 368-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Relation of effective anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation to stroke severity and survival (from the National Acute Stroke Israeli Survey [NASIS]).
    Am J Cardiol, 105(3): 411-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Validation of the activity inventory of the Chedoke-McMaster stroke assessment and the clinical outcome variables scale to evaluate mobility in geriatric clients.
    J Rehabil Med, 42(1): 90-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Physical findings and sonography of hemiplegic shoulder in patients after acute stroke during rehabilitation.
    J Rehabil Med, 42(1): 21-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Prediction of good functional recovery after stroke based on combined motor and somatosensory evoked potential findings.
    J Rehabil Med, 42(1): 16-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Does repetitive task training improve functional activity after stroke? A Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.
    J Rehabil Med, 42(1): 9-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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