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Editorials

Is There a Causal Relationship Between the Amount of Alcohol Consumption and Stroke Risk?

The Emerging Quandary of Childhood Stoke: Better Aim but No Magic Bullet

Aspirin-Use Before ICH: A Potentially Treatable Iatrogenic Coagulopathy?

Treating Warfarin-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Is Fresh Frozen Plasma Enough?

Does Hyperglycemia Contribute to Secondary Injury in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage?

The Time Man Has Cometh to Brain: Tick ... Death .... Tick ... Death

Original Contributions

Moderate Alcohol Consumption Reduces Risk of Ischemic Stroke: The Northern Manhattan Study

Dietary Intake of Calcium in Relation to Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease: The JACC Study

C-Reactive Protein and Risk of First-Ever Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in a General Japanese Population: The Hisayama Study

Midlife Pulse Pressure and Incidence of Dementia: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

Subtype Hypertension and Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study

Lipid Testing and Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Hospitalized Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Patients: Results From a Statewide Stroke Registry

Transient Ischemic Attacks in Rural and Urban Northern Portugal: Incidence and Short-Term Prognosis

Trends in Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Incidence in Auckland, New Zealand, During 1981 to 2003

Incidence and Trends of Stroke and Its Subtypes in China: Results From Three Large Cities

Genotype and Haplotype Association Study of the STRK1 Region on 5q12 Among Japanese: A Case-Control Study

Genome-Wide Scan for White Matter Hyperintensity: The Framingham Heart Study

Retinal Microvascular Abnormalities and MRI-Defined Subclinical Cerebral Infarction: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Carotid Intima-Media Thickening Indicates a Higher Vascular Risk Across a Wide Age Range: Prospective Data From the Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study (CAPS)

Validation of Automatically Classified Magnetic Resonance Images for Carotid Plaque Compositional Analysis

Do Acute Diffusion- and Perfusion-Weighted MRI Lesions Identify Final Infarct Volume in Ischemic Stroke?

Infratentorial Abnormalities in Vascular Dementia

Activity in the Peri-Infarct Rim in Relation to Recovery From Stroke

Urgent Clinical Challenges in Children With Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of 1065 Patients From the 1-800-NOCLOTS Pediatric Stroke Telephone Consultation Service

Recruiting Subjects for Acute Stroke Trials: A Meta-Analysis

Regular Aspirin-Use Preceding the Onset of Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage is an Independent Predictor for Death

Antiplatelet Drugs In the Secondary Prevention After Stroke: Differential Efficacy in Large Versus Small Vessel Disease? A Subgroup Analysis From ESPS-2

Prophylaxis of Thrombotic and Embolic Events in Acute Ischemic Stroke With the Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Certoparin: Results of the PROTECT Trial

Mechanical Thrombolysis in Ischemic Stroke Attributable to Basilar Artery Occlusion as First-Line Treatment

Timing of Fresh Frozen Plasma Administration and Rapid Correction of Coagulopathy in Warfarin-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Fluoxetine Treatment in Poststroke Depression, Emotional Incontinence, and Anger Proneness: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Improved Interpretation of Stroke Trial Results Using Empirical Barthel Item Weights

Susceptibility to Deterioration of Mobility Long-Term After Stroke: A Prospective Cohort Study

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation in Chronic Stroke Subjects

Physiotherapy Coupled With Dextroamphetamine for Rehabilitation After Hemiparetic Stroke: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Task-Specific Training With Trunk Restraint on Arm Recovery in Stroke: Randomized Control Trial

Long-Term Outcome After Stroke: Evaluating Health-Related Quality of Life Using Utility Measurements

Hyperglycemia After SAH: Predictors, Associated Complications, and Impact on Outcome

Predictors of Long-Term Mortality in Patients With Ischemic Stroke Referred for Transesophageal Echocardiography

Potential Consequences for Recruitment, Power, and External Validity of Requirements for Additional Risk Factors for Eligibility in Randomized Controlled Trials in Secondary Prevention of Stroke

Intracerebral Hemorrhage-Induced Brain Injury Is Aggravated in Senescence-Accelerated Prone Mice

Cilostazol Attenuates Gray and White Matter Damage in a Rodent Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Short Communications

Ataxic Hemiparesis From Strategic Frontal White Matter Infarction With Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis

Research Reports

Telemedicine-Guided Carotid and Transcranial Ultrasound: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Tumor Necrosis Factor-–238G>A Promoter Polymorphism Is Associated With Increased Risk of New Hemorrhage in the Natural Course of Patients With Brain Arteriovenous Malformations

Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Is Associated With Stable and Matrix Metalloproteinases 8 and 9 With Vulnerable Carotid Atherosclerotic Lesions: A Study in Human Endarterectomy Specimen Pointing to a Role for Different Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer Glycosylation Forms

Elevations in Preoperative Monocyte Count Predispose to Acute Neurocognitive Decline After Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis

Reduced Vitamin D in Acute Stroke

Effects of Somatosensory Stimulation on Use-Dependent Plasticity in Chronic Stroke

Case Reports

Novel Representation of Astasia Associated With Posterior Cingulate Infarction

Stroke Attributable to a Calcific Embolus From the Brachiocephalic Trunk

Prolonged Low-Dose Intravenous Thrombolysis in a Stroke Patient With Distal Basilar Thrombus

Hyperperfusion Syndrome After Stenting for Intracranial Vertebral Stenosis

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Genetics of Vascular Cognitive Impairment: The Opportunity and the Challenges

Intracerebral Hemorrhage Associated With Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Current Practices and Unresolved Questions

Time Is Brain—Quantified

Hyperglycemia, Insulin, and Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Mechanistic Justification for a Trial of Insulin Infusion Therapy

Cochrane Corner

Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Stroke in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and No Previous History of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attacks

Services for Reducing the Duration of Hospital Care for Acute Stroke Patients

Letters to the Editor

Therapeutic Implications for Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients