Perceptual learning in vision has been found to be highly specific for simple stimulus
attributes, implying highly specific modifications in the nervous system. The type of specificity …

We aimed to quantify the association of blood interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations with poor
outcome after stroke and its added predictive value over clinical information. Meta-analysis …

Background Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at increased
risk for future cardiovascular events despite current preventive therapies. The identification …

Several paradigms of perceptual learning suggest that practice can trigger long-term,
experience-dependent changes in the adult visual system of humans. As shown here …

Background Treatment strategies for acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) are based on case
series and data that have been extrapolated from stroke intervention trials in other …

Background—Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is an effective
therapy for acute ischemic stroke, but it is associated with risk of intracerebral hemorrhage …

Thrombin, a serine protease involved in the blood coagulation cascade has been shown to
affect neural function following blood-brain barrier breakdown. However, several lines of …

Inherited disorders of hemostasis are natural models for investigating mechanisms of
thrombosis and development of antithrombotic therapy. Because mice with total factor XI …

Background and Purpose—Ischemic changes identified on CT scans performed in the first
few hours after stroke onset, which are thought to possibly represent early cytotoxic edema …

Doppler echocardiography remains the most extended clinical modality for the evaluation of
left ventricular (LV) function. Current Doppler ultrasound methods, however, are limited to …