Ischemic stroke results from an obstruction of a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. The brain is an organ extremely sensitive to reduction of oxygen and energy, and brain damage is already ...

Ischemic strokes, like Coontz’s ... “This important study is one of the first suggesting that stem cell administration into the brain can promote lasting neurological recovery when given ...

Despite not causing identifiable symptoms, a silent stroke still causes damage to the brain, and places the patient at increased risk for both transient ischemic attack and major stroke in the future.

The work could lead to improvements to stem cell therapy and contribute to the development of other treatments with similar ...

Collateral circulation is a potent predictor of revascularization and clinical outcomes after acute ischemic ... is brain' mantra, and most importantly, to predict the clinical course of stroke ...

For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke ... that a cell therapy derived from stem cells can restore normal patterns of brain activity after a stroke.

This brain wave test shows whether there is an ischemic stroke and whether the blocked cerebral blood vessel is large or small. This distinction determines the treatment: in case of a small ...