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A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to...

Spaces within spaces: rat parietal cortex neurons register position across three reference frames

Neurons in the parietal cortex have been shown to encode position in external reference frames. This work demonstrates that parietal cortex neurons can simultaneously register spatial information in m...

FDA approves Exactech's new Gibralt Occipital Spine System

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accorded its approval for a new Gibralt Occipital Spine System, developed by the US-based Exactech.

Post-stroke walking program improves stroke survivors' lives

Regular, brisk walking after having a stroke could help boost your physical fitness, mobility and quality of life, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

Oral Relaxin Improves Post-Stroke Recovery

Data suggest hormone therapy could be useful to reduce incidence of and disability from vascular ischemic disease in post-stroke setting.

PTSD Can Hamper Drug Treatment for Stroke Survivors: Study

FRIDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke survivors with post-traumatic stress disorder are less likely to stick with drug treatments that reduce their risk of suffering another stroke, a new study f...

Better Patient Care And Improved Recovery Offered By Stroke Rehabilitation Robots

When it comes to stroke rehabilitation, it takes a dedicated team to help a person regain as much independence as possible: physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech-langua...

Hispanics suffer more post-stroke depression

BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Post-stroke depression is more common in Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites or African Americans - a difference that seems to be driven by education and insurance status,...

Rehabilitation robots uncover stroke disabilities and improve care: Study

(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) A University of Calgary research team has added a robot to help identify and customize post-stroke therapy.

Effects of Including Stabilotraining in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Post-Traumatic Korsakov Syndrome.

Complex investigations were performed in 10 patients with post-traumatic Korsakov syndrome (KS) and stabilographic and electroencephalographic (EEG) investigation results were assessed before and afte...

Occipital sulci of the human brain: variability and morphometry.

The external morphology of the occipital lobe was investigated in 15 human post-mortem brains (30 hemispheres) fixed in formalin. We identified, described and measured the lengths of nine major human...

Reading impairment in an adolescent with temporo-occipital epilepsy. Pre- and post-surgical evaluation.

We present a 16 year-old right-handed case who underwent a left temporo-occipital resection to treat intractable epilepsy. Pre- and post-surgical evaluations showed an average intellectual quotient, p...

Regional differences in cortical electroencephalogram (EEG) slow wave activity and interhemispheric EEG asymmetry in the fur seal.

Slow wave sleep (SWS) in the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is characterized by a highly expressed interhemispheric electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry, called 'unihemispheric' or 'asymmetri...

Social activity one and three years post-stroke.

Objective: To determine the long-term course of social activity after a stroke. Design: Prospective cohort study. Patients: Patients with a first-ever supratentorial stroke were selected in 4 Dutch r...