The brain tries to repair damage after a stroke by utilizing its own repair cells, which function like skilled craftsmen.

Bradford B. Worrall, MD, a University of Virginia professor of neurology and public health, says many stroke survivors develop spasticity.

People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

New figures reveal more than one third of UK adults do not know that high blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for ...

Brain injuries are a leading cause of death and long-term disability in infants. Among the most common is neonatal ...

Common Brain Network Detected Among Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury Could Protect Against ... of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

Conner Hurst was asleep in his room when he started having a seizure. He spent the next two months in the ICU.

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the emergency room, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the ...

Stem cells can restore brain function even weeks after a stroke. It reduces overactive brain signals and improves recovery.

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ...

Study reveals how the brain repairs itself after a stroke, uncovering gender differences that could lead to personalized ...