Eight years ago, Deb Shaw stepped into the shower of her home in Los Gatos, California, and her vision blurred. She wobbled, ...

A stroke is an injury to the brain caused by an interruption in blood flow from a vessel blockage, blood clot or vessel ...

A mother who had a stroke just three weeks after giving birth has said it is “heartbreaking” her paralysis and amnesia meant she could not support her baby. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

There are several myths that do the round. A brain stroke is a serious medical emergency that can alter lives quickly. It occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted. Millions of ...

Dr. Belardo was surprised—the woman had been perfectly healthy and had no medical history that might suggest a stroke. But ...

This revealed a mechanism that results in fewer newborn neurons from the stem cell niche surviving after stroke, thereby significantly limiting the neurogenic reaction of the subventricular zone to ...

She previously explained that the stroke impacted the left side of her brain and led to paralysis on the right side of her body. She still hopes to regain use of her right hand and wants to help ...

This fundamental understanding of the cellular processes in the brain could help in future to boost the body's own repair to replace lost neurons and ameliorate the consequences of stroke.

Novel gamma PNA based miRNA-141-3p inhibitors (syPNA-141) reduced brain damage (image on right with less atrophy) after stroke in mouse model of ischemic stroke. Credit: Verma laboratory ...