common/stroke

The frequency with which strokes occur and the devastating effects they can have make provision of general stroke information an essential element of public health education. This survey study sought to explore the general public's knowledge about various aspects of strokes. A questionnaire

OBJECTIVE To estimate the current incidence and prevalence in the United States of 12 neurologic disorders. METHODS We summarize the strongest evidence available, using data from the United States or from other developed countries when US data were insufficient. RESULTS For some disorders,

Infections have long been recognized as a potential, if uncommon, cause of cerebrovascular disease. In recent years, with the growing recognition of the importance of inflammation in atherosclerosis, there has been renewed interest in the possibility that common infections may participate in the

Emotional reactions are important sequelae of stroke. Mood disorders, such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress syndrome and emotionalism, occur during the first post-stroke year, each of them in approximately 20-30% of patients. They often overlap, and prevalence estimates differ on

OBJECTIVE The common carotid artery interadventitial diameter is measured on ultrasound images as the distance between the media-adventitia interfaces of the near and far walls. It is associated with common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and left ventricular mass and might therefore also have

In general practice, headache presents as a problem with many causes and is seen from a different perspective than in specialist practice. Common headaches include tension, cervical dysfunction and 'mixed' headache. Consideration of the diurnal patterns in the history is a key to diagnosis. Causes

OBJECTIVE Rare mitochondrial mutations cause neurologic disease, including ischemic stroke and MRI white matter changes. We investigated whether common mitochondrial genetic variants influence risk of sporadic ischemic stroke and, in patients with stroke, the volume of white matter hyperintensity

The occurrence of stroke in populations is incompletely explained by traditional vascular risk factors. Data from several case-control studies and one large study using case series methodology indicate that recent infection is a temporarily acting, independent trigger factor for ischemic stroke.

Presentations in this symposium are considered in the context of mechanisms of sensory plasticity, particularly in the auditory system. The auditory nervous system has two discrete end organs that are separately vulnerable to clinical and experimental injury, and brainstem processing mechanisms that

White matter (WM) impairment and motor deficit after stroke are directly related. However, WM injury mechanisms and their relation to motor disturbances are still poorly understood. In humans, the anterior choroidal artery (AChA) irrigates the internal capsule (IC), and stroke to this region can