Autopsy specimens registered in the database of the Department of Pathology at the Hospital for Sick Children from January 1990–December 2006 with a pathologic diagnosis of focal cerebral infarct were ...

The role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke with a large infarction has not been extensively studied in differing populations. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized ...

Future Neurology. 2012;7(3):279-285. This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 21390267 and Challenging Research 22659260, and by Grants-in-Aid from Research ...

BACKGROUND: The disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a central pathogenic event in many central nervous system disorders. However, the mechanisms regulating BBB function remain incompletely ...

Heart failure is a pandemic disease that affects nearly 6 million persons in the United States and 26 million persons worldwide. Despite the development of new drugs and devices for the treatment of ...

A new clinical and neuroimaging tool that predicts which patients are most likely to develop epilepsy following an ischemic stroke has been developed. The score is “an updated, validated, and readily ...

Ischemia is a condition in which there is insufficient blood flow to a part of the body. It is often caused by plaque building up and thickening or hardening the artery supplying that area or organ.

TORONTO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CellAegis Devices, Inc., announced today the first clinical trial program in the European Union to evaluate the use of the Company's autoRIC™ Device for Chronic ...

Under ischemic conditions, the deficiency of oxygenated blood supply to the myocardium makes the energy requirements of the heart impossible to satisfy. Several metabolic alterations derive from ...