Stroke Related Reviews and Perspectives in Neuroscience, Medicine & Neurorehabilitation
NMES Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) offers a promising intervention for post-stroke rehabilitation by directly stimulating motor neurons, inducing muscle contractions, and promoting neuroplasticity. In stroke...
Abstract The need for stratification and a common scale amongst clinicians to evaluate and rate patients cognitive status has led to development of clinical scales...
Abstract Neurodegenerative disorders are the result of cumulative damages to parts of the brain over time. Ethanol-induced cerebellar dysfunction, ataxia, Wernicke encephalopathy in alcoholics, exposure to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine...
Abstract Although infection-related stroke is not a new topic, recent SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 pandemic has caused a widespread media coverage on this topic. Claims and...
Abstract This paper explores the neural correlates of posture and balance after stroke, and provides visual examples of postural instability in a patient with watershed...
Abstract It is thought that over 50% of the population do not have a complete circle of Willis. This important web of arteries is a...
Abstract Lupus anticoagulant (LA) is associated clinically with thrombosis, not bleeding; most patients with LA do not have systemic lupus erythematosus. The laboratory hallmark of...
Abstract In humans, movement requires a well-coordinated control of sensory and motor mechanisms, yet mundane tasks such as walking or sitting upright could drastically be...
Abstract In acute settings, specifically in the emergency department, physicians often encounter patients with chief complaints of unilateral weakness or hemiparesis. Although imaging studies and...
Abstract Thrombolysis is the current standard of care for ischemic stroke. In order to better understand its underlying mechanisms, a closer look at the basic...