Advances in Stroke 2008

Advances in Stroke 2007: introduction.

Advances in vascular cognitive impairment 2007.

Ischaemic stroke in children--overview including an Asian perspective.

Stroke is an important cause of death and disability in children. Although uncommon in children compared to adults, childhood stroke is less rare than previously thought. Improved understanding and advances in neuroimaging techniques have resulted in improved recognition and diagnosis of this disorder. Multiple causes and risk factors contribute to the etiology of stroke in children. The curren...

Advances in stroke regenerative medicine 2007.

We have been charged with the enviable task of highlighting discoveries in the past year that will impact the way stroke rehabilitation is investigated and the way that it is practiced. Regenerative medicine continues to ascend as a discipline. Much of this ascendancy can be attributed to the growing interest and debate surrounding embryonic stem cells and their potential applications for strok...

Stroke program review group: an interim report.

The Stroke Program Review Group (SPRG) met for the first time in 2001 to identify and prioritize scientific needs and opportunities in stroke, and to consider strategies to address them. Out of this meeting came a set of scientific and resource recommendations (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/find_people/groups/stroke_prg/index.htm) including the recommendation to review progress after 5 years. In Sep...

A simple volume related model of arterial blood pressure generation.

A single compartment model of the arterial circulation was used to generate an arterial blood pressure waveform from pre-determined stroke volume (SV) and arterial resistance (R). With fixed stroke volume and varying resistances blood pressure waveforms showed mean values proportional to resistance but amplitude lessening with higher pressure; the amplitude of the hypothetical volume waveform o...