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Editorials

Stroke: The Next 30 Years

Psychological Distress as a Risk Factor for Stroke-Related Mortality

Original Contributions

Does Psychological Distress Predict the Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack?: The Caerphilly Study

The Association Between Trait Anger and Incident Stroke Risk: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study • Editorial Comment: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Silent Brain Infarcts in the Population-Based Rotterdam Scan Study

Variability in Midlife Systolic Blood Pressure Is Related to Late-Life Brain White Matter Lesions: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Levels Are Associated With Carotid Atherosclerosis • Editorial Comment

Apolipoprotein A-I and B and Stroke Events in a Community-Based Cohort in Taiwan: Report of the Chin-Shan Community Cardiovascular Study

Leukoaraiosis, Ischemic Stroke, and Normal White Matter on Diffusion-Weighted MRI

Hyperhomocysteinemia and Other Inherited Prothrombotic Conditions in Young Adults With a History of Ischemic Stroke

Aspirin and Urinary 11-Dehydrothromboxane B₂ in African American Stroke Patients

Changes of Neural Activity Correlate With the Severity of Cortical Ischemia in Patients With Unilateral Major Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Cerebral Microbleeds in CADASIL: A Gradient-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Autopsy Study

Basilar Vasospasm Diagnosis: Investigation of a Modified "Lindegaard Index" Based on Imaging Studies and Blood Velocity Measurements of the Basilar Artery • Editorial Comment: Investigation of a Modified "Lindegaard Index" Based on Imaging Studies and Blood Velocity Measurements of the Basilar Artery

Severe ADC Decreases Do Not Predict Irreversible Tissue Damage In Humans

Magnetic Resonance Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of Acute Cerebral Infarction: Effect of the Calculation Methods and Underlying Vasculopathy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detection of Microbleeds Before Thrombolysis: An Emerging Application

Clinical and Sonographic Patterns of Tandem Internal Carotid Artery/Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Tissue Plasminogen Activator–Treated Patients

Altered Hemodynamic Responses in Patients After Subcortical Stroke Measured by Functional MRI

Hemodynamic and Metabolic Changes in Transient Ischemic Attack Patients: A Magnetic Resonance Angiography and ¹H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study Performed Within 3 Days of Onset of a Transient Ischemic Attack

Selective Vulnerability of the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord After Cardiac Arrest and Hypotension

Clomethiazole Acute Stroke Study in Ischemic Stroke (CLASS-I): Final Results • Editorial Comment: Final Results

Acetaminophen for Altering Body Temperature in Acute Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial • Editorial Comment: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Effects of Hypertonic (10%) Saline in Patients With Raised Intracranial Pressure After Stroke

Extending Tissue Plasminogen Activator Use to Community and Rural Stroke Patients

The Nonpeptide Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Platelet Receptor Antagonist SM-20302 Reduces Tissue Plasminogen Activator–Induced Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Thromboembolic Stroke

Factors Influencing Early Admission in a French Stroke Unit

Improving Delivery of Acute Stroke Therapy: The TLL Temple Foundation Stroke Project

Adherence to Postacute Rehabilitation Guidelines Is Associated With Functional Recovery in Stroke • Editorial Comment

Effect of Age on Functional Outcomes After Stroke Rehabilitation

Does Acupuncture Have Additional Value to Standard Poststroke Motor Rehabilitation?

Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Shimokita, Japan, From 1989 to 1998

Predictors of Cognitive Dysfunction After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage • Editorial Comment

Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms With Guglielmi Detachable Coils: Analysis of Midterm Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes

Different Measures for Assessing Stroke Outcome: An Analysis From the International Stroke Trial in Italy

Cerebral Atherosclerosis as Predictor of Stroke and Mortality in Representative Elderly Population

Risk of Hospitalized Stroke in Men Enrolled in the Honolulu Heart Program and the Framingham Study: A Comparison of Incidence and Risk Factor Effects • Editorial Comment: A Comparison of Incidence and Risk Factor Effects

Ethnic Differences in Patient Perceptions of Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Therapy: The West Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Project • Editorial Comment: The West Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Project

Severity of Angina Pectoris and Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Activation-Induced Resetting of Cerebral Metabolism and Flow Is Abolished by ß-Adrenergic Blockade With Propranolol

Cooling-Induced Carotid Artery Dilatation: An Experimental Study in Isolated Vessels

Inhibition of Glutamate Release via Recovery of ATP Levels Accounts for a Neuroprotective Effect of Aspirin in Rat Cortical Neurons Exposed to Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation

Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Treatment and Mortality After Stroke • Editorial Comment

Short Communications

Mastoid Air Sinus Abnormalities Associated With Lateral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: Cause or Consequence?

Transesophageal Echocardiography for Quantifying Size of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Cerebrovascular Events

Research Reports

CT Angiography in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Preliminary Results

Acute Intravenous–Intra-Arterial Revascularization Therapy for Severe Ischemic Stroke

Reemergence of Stroke Deficits With Midazolam Challenge

Creatine Kinase-MB Elevation After Stroke Is Not Cardiac in Origin: Comparison With Troponin T Levels

Case Reports

Twenty-four–Hour Blood Pressure and MRI as Predictive Factors for Different Outcomes in Patients With Lacunar Infarct

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

NINDS-Sponsored Clinical Trials in Stroke: Past, Present, and Future

Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms in the Cavernous Sinus: A Systematic Review on Balloon Occlusion of the Parent Vessel and Embolization With Coils

The PROGRESS Trial: Preventing Strokes by Lowering Blood Pressure in Patients With Cerebral Ischemia: Emerging Therapies: Critique of an Important Advance

Controversies in Stroke

Neuroprotection Is Unlikely to Be Effective in Humans Using Current Trial Designs

Neuroprotection Is Unlikely to Be Effective in Humans Using Current Trial Designs: An Opposing View

Neuroprotection: Establishing Proof of Concept in Human Stroke

Recommendations

Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Care Through Stroke Centers and Systems: An Examination of Stroke Center Identification Options: Multidisciplinary Consensus Recommendations from the Advisory Working Group on Stroke Center Identification Options of the American Stroke Association

Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Care Through Stroke Centers and Systems: An Examination of Stroke Center Identification Options: Multidisciplinary Consensus Recommendations From the Advisory Working Group on Stroke Center Identification Options of the American Stroke Association

Letters to the Editor

Cholesterol and Carotid Stenosis

Diurnal Variation in the Intensity of Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation

Letters to the Editor: Reasons Why Stroke Trials Underestimate the Neuroprotective Effects of Drugs