Months after UW Medicine neurosurgeons implanted a first-of-its-kind brain stimulation device in a stroke patient, doctors ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

While thrombolytic therapy remains one of the most effective strategies for stroke recovery, it is effective only for a short span of time. Now, researchers from Japan have demonstrated how numerous ...

Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...

A new blood marker reflects the extent of brain injury after an ischemic stroke and can predict patient outcomes months to ...