An ischemic stroke is a medical emergency caused by a blockage in a blood vessel that supplies blood to a region of the brain. Symptoms may include facial drooping, limb weakness on one side ...

It can happen in your brain, legs, and just about everywhere in between. You usually get ischemia because of a build-up or blockage in your arteries. What it feels like and how it affects you ...

An ischemic stroke occurs when the oxygen supply to the brain is significantly reduced. This reduction can lead to brain damage or the death of brain tissue. Most often, ischemic strokes are ...

In a multicentre cohort of 1028 patients with low-risk transient focal neurologic events (i.e., no motor or speech symptoms or signs), we found that 13.5% showed evidence of ischemia on MRI.12 Since a ...

Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death, disability, increased economic burden and decreased quality of life around ...

Microvascular ischemic disease is a term that’s used to describe changes to the small blood vessels in the brain. Changes to these vessels can damage white matter, the brain tissue that contains ...

Ischemic stroke exacts a heavy toll in death and disability worldwide. After ischemic stroke, the accumulation of ...

The development of novel neuroprotective drugs for ischemic stroke has been greatly hindered by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Fortunately, administrating drugs via ECS can bypass the BBB and ...