BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Arteriopathy is the leading cause of childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Mechanisms are poorly understood but may include inherent abnormalities of arterial structure. Extracranial dissection is associated with connective tissue disorders in adult stroke. Focal cerebral arteriopathy is a common syndrome where pathophysiology is unknown but may include intracranial dissect...

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Treatment of ischemic stroke by activation of endogenous plasminogen using tissue plasminogen activator is limited by bleeding side effects. In mice, treatment of experimental ischemic stroke with activated protein C improves outcomes; however, activated protein C also has bleeding side effects. In contrast, activation of endogenous protein C using thrombin mutant W215A/E...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transcranial ultrasound (TUS) enhances thrombolysis and is expected to be useful for the treatment of ischemic stroke. However, neither its effectiveness in improving neurologic outcome nor its safety in living tissue has been fully established. We examined the efficacy and safety of low-frequency TUS under appropriate conditions of ultrasound for thrombolytic treatment i...

Changes in extra and intracellular neurotransmitter amino acids concentration in the early stage of acute cerebral ischemia have been reported. In this the study, serum level of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and L-Arginine in acute ischemic stroke patients was assessed. 60 patients with acute ischemic stroke and sixthy healthy volunteers as a control group were assessed. Serum GABA was measure...

Background & Aims: Sleep disorders are common complains in patients with cerebral stroke; studies on these issues are limited. We aimed to evaluate the sleep changes in patients with supratentorial ischemic stroke. Methods: In this cross sectional study, 38 patients (19 patients in supratentorial ischemic stroke group and 19 people in control group) were evaluated. Total sleep time, sleep effic...

Abstract Background Cerebral stroke is a major source of mortality and morbidity. Duplex ultrasonography used to evaluate carotid cerebral arteries. The objectives this work are study the correlation between duplex parameters with risk factors ischemic parameter as prognostic tool stroke. Methods was conducted on 100 patients presented by acute submitted history taking, medical, neurological ex...

OBJECTIVE To describe the mechanisms leading to aggressive behavior among patients with acute posterior cerebral artery stroke. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS We prospectively included all of the patients with posterior cerebral artery stroke and aggressive behavior admitted to our department from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2004. Patients with history of stroke, cognitive impairment, or ...