Replacement neurons, blood vessels fill in stroke cavity; gel provides scaffolding In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report in the May 21 issue of Nature Materials. “We tested this in laboratory mice to determine if it would repair the brain in a model...
Tag: <span>Stroke</span>
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Virtual Reality Project to Improve Stroke Recovery Outcomes
East Hanover, NJ – May 4, 2018 – Kessler Foundation, a leader in rehabilitation research, has partnered with Virtualware Group, an international leader in immersive and interactive technologies, to create a virtual reality (VR) based treatment for spatial neglect, the most common spatial deficit after stroke. The treatment called VR-SRT System, which will be under direction of Peii Chen, PhD, and Denise Krch, PhD, is...
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Noninvasive brain stimulation leads to fine motor improvement after stroke
Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities–such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain. An analysis of published studies found that non-invasive brain stimulation may have beneficial effects on fine motor movement in stroke patients and healthy participants. The findings are published in the European Journal of Neurology. The meta-analysis...
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Impaired brain pathways may cause attention problems after stroke
Stroke lesions. A, Lesion incidence map in patients with acute stroke. B, Lesion incidence map shows regions in which at least 10 patients had a lesion. Color bar denotes the probability of lesion distribution. Damage to some of the pathways that carry information throughout the brain may be responsible for attention deficit in patients who...
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Detection of transcranial direct current stimulation deep in the living human brain
A defining characteristic of stroke is the loss of motor control due to structural damage in specific brain areas. In fact, motor impairments (or deficits) are the number one complication of stroke. Losing the ability to carry out basic bodily functions, such as speaking, walking and swallowing, can be devastating for stroke survivors. Unfortunately, there...
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Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate motor skill recovery after a stroke by helping the brain reorganize itself more quickly. In a preclinical study, the scientists paired vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with a physical therapy task aimed at improving the function of an upper limb in rodents....
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Mobile application detecting atrial fibrillation reduces the risk of stroke
IMAGE: THE APP CAN DETECT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WHEN IT IS HELD AGAINST THE PERSON’S CHEST. A new application developed at the University of Turku, Finland, can detect atrial fibrillation that causes strokes. Atrial fibrillation can be detected with the mobile phone application without any extra equipment. The mobile application can save lives all over the...
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Stroke prevention drugs may help reduce dementia risk for atrial fibrillation patients
Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention medications, according to recommendations published online today in EP Europace, a European Society of Cardiology journal, and presented at EHRA 2018. The international consensus document was also published in HeartRhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and Journal...
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Transcranial direct current stimulation facilitates motor learning post-stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an attractive protocol for stroke motor recovery. The current systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effects of tDCS on motor learning post-stroke. Specifically, we determined long-term learning effects by examining motor improvements from baseline to at least 5 days after tDCS intervention and motor practise. 17 studies reported long-term...
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Stroke patients may have more time to get treatment, study finds
A blood clot forming in the carotid artery. Patients and doctors long have relied on a simple rule of thumb for seeking care after an ischemic stroke: “Time is brain.” In other words, the longer it takes for patients to seek medical care after a stroke, the more their brain tissue is likely to be starved of blood and...