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 ...

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 ...

There's newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe is the very first drug that can comprehensively deliver rehabilitation without the need for challenging long-term ...

A new study has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human studies. A new study by UCLA ...

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury. Credit...Fabio-Consoli Supported by By Rachel E. Gross The first thing Debra McVean did ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

In animal studies, rodents had their middle cerebral artery occluded, a standard stroke model in animals. After stroke onset, DMT was administered intraperitoneally (into the abdominal cavity), ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke.