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Volume 39, Issue 1; January 1, 2008

Editorials
Original Contributions
Research Letters
Special Reports
Letters to the Editor

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	Editorials
	The Importance of Epidemiological Studies Should Not Be Downplayed Valery L. Feigin and George Howard Stroke. 2008;39:1-2; published online before print November 15 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.503250. Full Text \| PDF
	Prestroke Cognitive Function and Cerebrovascular Disease: If They Interact, It May Not Be Through Symptomatic Stroke Mike O’Sullivan Stroke. 2008;39:3-4; published online before print November 15 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496679. Full Text \| PDF
	Lessons About Brain Vascular Disease From Another Pulsating Organ, the Kidney Stephen L. Seliger and W.T. Longstreth, Jr Stroke. 2008;39:5-6; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496000. Full Text \| PDF
	Barriers to Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Changing Physician-Related Factors Deirdre A. Lane and Gregory Y.H. Lip Stroke. 2008;39:7-9; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496554. Full Text \| PDF
	Original Contributions
	Stroke Incidence and Survival in the Beginning of the 21st Century in Southern Sweden: Comparisons With the Late 20th Century and Projections Into the Future Björn Hallström, Ann-Cathrin Jönsson, Christina Nerbrand, Bo Norrving, and Arne Lindgren Stroke. 2008;39:10-15; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.491779. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Sex Differences in Heritability of Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Emmanuel Touzé and Peter M. Rothwell Stroke. 2008;39:16-23; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484618. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Sex Differences in Acute Stroke Care in a Statewide Stroke Registry Julia Warner Gargano, Susan Wehner, and Mathew Reeves Stroke. 2008;39:24-29; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493262. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Metabolic Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke Risk: Northern Manhattan Study Bernadette Boden-Albala, Ralph L. Sacco, Hye-Sueng Lee, Cairistine Grahame-Clarke, Tanja Rundek, Mitchell V. Elkind, Clinton Wright, Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, Marco R. DiTullio, Shunichi Homma, and Myunghee C. Paik Stroke. 2008;39:30-35; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496588. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prestroke Cognitive Performance, Incident Stroke, and Risk of Dementia: The Rotterdam Study Christiane Reitz, Michiel J. Bos, Albert Hofman, Peter J. Koudstaal, and Monique M.B. Breteler Stroke. 2008;39:36-41; published online before print November 15 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490334. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prevalence and Clinicoepidemiological Features of Moyamoya Disease in Japan: Findings From a Nationwide Epidemiological Survey Shinichi Kuriyama, Yasuko Kusaka, Miki Fujimura, Kenji Wakai, Akiko Tamakoshi, Shuji Hashimoto, Ichiro Tsuji, Yutaka Inaba, and Takashi Yoshimoto Stroke. 2008;39:42-47; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490714. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Association Between Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness May Suggest a Specific Effect on Large Artery Atherothrombotic Stroke Lavinia Paternoster, Nahara Anáni Martínez González, Steff Lewis, and Cathie Sudlow Stroke. 2008;39:48-54; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.488866. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Kidney Function Is Related to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease M. Arfan Ikram, Meike W. Vernooij, Albert Hofman, Wiro J. Niessen, Aad van der Lugt, and Monique M.B. Breteler Stroke. 2008;39:55-61; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493494. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Evolution of Neurological, Neuropsychological and Sleep-Wake Disturbances After Paramedian Thalamic Stroke Dirk M. Hermann, Massimiliano Siccoli, Peter Brugger, Karen Wachter, Johannes Mathis, Peter Achermann, and Claudio L. Bassetti Stroke. 2008;39:62-68; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.494955. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| CME
	Level and Value of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients After Acute Ischemic Stroke Hon-Kan Yip, Li-Teh Chang, Wen-Neng Chang, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Chia-Wei Liou, Min-Yu Lan, Josef S. Liu, Ali A. Youssef, and Hsueh-Wen Chang Stroke. 2008;39:69-74; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.489401. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Rapid Assessment of Perfusion–Diffusion Mismatch Ken Butcher, Mark Parsons, Louise Allport, Sang Bong Lee, P. Alan Barber, Brian Tress, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Stephen M. Davis for the EPITHET Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:75-81; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490524. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Ultrasound Diagnosis of Spontaneous Carotid Dissection With Isolated Horner Syndrome Marcel Arnold, Ralf W. Baumgartner, Christian Stapf, Krassen Nedeltchev, Frédérique Buffon, David Benninger, Dimitrios Georgiadis, Matthias Sturzenegger, Heinrich P. Mattle, and Marie-Germaine Bousser Stroke. 2008;39:82-86; published online before print November 15 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.492652. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of an International Phase III Trial: Abciximab in Emergency Treatment of Stroke Trial (AbESTT-II) Harold P. Adams, Jr, Mark B. Effron, James Torner, Antoni Dávalos, Judith Frayne, Philip Teal, Jacques Leclerc, Barry Oemar, Lakshmi Padgett, Elliot S. Barnathan, Werner Hacke for the AbESTT-II Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:87-99; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.476648. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Oxidative Stress and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Biomarker Evaluation for Antioxidant Therapies in Stroke (BEAT-Stroke) Study Peter J. Kelly, Jason D. Morrow, MingMing Ning, Walter Koroshetz, Eng H. Lo, Erin Terry, Ginger L. Milne, Jane Hubbard, Hang Lee, Elizabeth Stevenson, Megan Lederer, and Karen L Furie Stroke. 2008;39:100-104; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.488189. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Are Steroids Useful to Treat Cerebral Venous Thrombosis? Patrícia Canhão, Ana Cortesão, Marta Cabral, José M. Ferro, Jan Stam, Marie-Germaine Bousser, Fernando Barinagarrementeria for the ISCVT Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:105-110; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484089. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Treatment Pathways, Resource Use, and Costs of Endovascular Coiling Versus Surgical Clipping After aSAH Jane Wolstenholme, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Alastair Gray, Andrew J. Molyneux, Richard S.C. Kerr, Julia A. Yarnold, Mary Sneade on behalf of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) Collaborative Group Stroke. 2008;39:111-119; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.482570. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Predictors of Rehemorrhage After Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: The Cerebral Aneurysm Rerupture After Treatment (CARAT) Study S. Claiborne Johnston, Christopher F. Dowd, Randall T. Higashida, Michael T. Lawton, Gary R. Duckwiler, Daryl R. Gress for the CARAT Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:120-125; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495747. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Intramuscular Botulinum Toxin-A Reduces Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Study Versus Intraarticular Triamcinolone Acetonide Jae-Young Lim, Jae-Hyeon Koh, and Nam-Jong Paik Stroke. 2008;39:126-131; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484048. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Impact of Preexisting Depression on Length of Stay and Discharge Destination Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Stroke: Linked Register-Based Study Jasper Nuyen, Peter M. Spreeuwenberg, Peter P. Groenewegen, Geertrudis A.M. van den Bos, and François G. Schellevis Stroke. 2008;39:132-138; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490565. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Evidence of Abnormal Lower-Limb Torque Coupling After Stroke: An Isometric Study • Supplemental Materials and Methods Theresa Hayes Cruz and Yasin Y. Dhaher Stroke. 2008;39:139-147; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.492413. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Handicap and Its Determinants of Change in Stroke Survivors: One-Year Follow-Up Study Raymond S.K. Lo, Joanna O.Y. Cheng, Eric M.C. Wong, Wai Kwong Tang, Lawrence K.S. Wong, Jean Woo, and Timothy Kwok Stroke. 2008;39:148-153; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.491399. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Pilot Study of Randomized Clinical Controlled Trial of Gait Training in Subacute Stroke Patients With Partial Body-Weight Support Electromechanical Gait Trainer and Functional Electrical Stimulation: Six-Month Follow-Up Maple F.W. Ng, Raymond K.Y. Tong, and Leonard S.W. Li Stroke. 2008;39:154-160; published online before print November 15 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495705. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	The Cost of Pediatric Stroke Care and Rehabilitation Warren Lo, Khaled Zamel, Kavita Ponnappa, Antoni Allen, Deena Chisolm, Monica Tang, Bryce Kerlin, and Keith O. Yeates Stroke. 2008;39:161-165; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.497420. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Carotid Atherosclerosis in an Intercross Between C57BL/6 and C3H Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice Qiongzhen Li, Yuhua Li, Zhimin Zhang, Timothy R. Gilbert, Alan H. Matsumoto, Seth E. Dobrin, and Weibin Shi Stroke. 2008;39:166-173; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.492165. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Selective Expansion of Influenza A Virus–Specific T Cells in Symptomatic Human Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques Tymen T. Keller, Jelger J. van der Meer, Peter Teeling, Koen van der Sluijs, Mirza M. Idu, Guus F. Rimmelzwaan, Marcel Levi, Allard C. van der Wal, and Onno J. de Boer Stroke. 2008;39:174-179; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.491282. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Overexpression of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase Inhibits Asymmetric Dimethylarginine–Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in the Cerebral Circulation Hayan Dayoub, Roman Rodionov, Cynthia Lynch, John P. Cooke, Erland Arning, Teodoro Bottiglieri, Steven R. Lentz, and Frank M. Faraci Stroke. 2008;39:180-184; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490631. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Subtype Activation and Interaction of Protein Kinase C and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Controlling Receptor Expression in Cerebral Arteries and Microvessels After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Saema Ansar and Lars Edvinsson Stroke. 2008;39:185-190; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487827. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Responses of Endothelial Cell and Astrocyte Matrix-Integrin Receptors to Ischemia Mimic Those Observed in the Neurovascular Unit Richard Milner, Stephanie Hung, Xiaoyun Wang, Greta I. Berg, Maria Spatz, and Gregory J. del Zoppo Stroke. 2008;39:191-197; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.486134. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Albumin Therapy Improves Local Vascular Dynamics in a Rat Model of Primary Microvascular Thrombosis: A Two-Photon Laser-Scanning Microscopy Study Anitha Nimmagadda, Hee-Pyoung Park, Ricardo Prado, and Myron D. Ginsberg Stroke. 2008;39:198-204; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495598. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Experimental Model of Lacunar Infarction in the Gyrencephalic Brain of the Miniature Pig: Neurological Assessment and Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Physiological Evaluation of Dynamic Corticospinal Tract Deformation Yukitaka Tanaka, Hideaki Imai, Kenjiro Konno, Takaaki Miyagishima, Chisato Kubota, Sandra Puentes, Takeo Aoki, Hidekazu Hata, Kuniaki Takata, Yuhei Yoshimoto, and Nobuhito Saito Stroke. 2008;39:205-212; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.489906. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Emboli Formation Rather Than Inflammatory Mediators Are Responsible for Increased Cerebral Water Content After Conventional and Assisted Beating-Heart Myocardial Revascularization in a Porcine Model Benjamin Bierbach, Matthias Meier, Walter Kasper-König, Axel Heimann, Beat Alessandri, Georg Horstick, Hellmut Oelert, and Oliver Kempski Stroke. 2008;39:213-219; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496620. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Atorvastatin Promotes Presenilin-1 Expression and Notch1 Activity and Increases Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation After Stroke Jieli Chen, Alex Zacharek, Ang Li, Xu Cui, Cynthia Roberts, Mei Lu, and Michael Chopp Stroke. 2008;39:220-226; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490946. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Research Letters
	Barriers to the Use of Anticoagulation for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Representative Survey of Australian Family Physicians Melina Gattellari, John Worthington, Nicholas Zwar, and Sandy Middleton Stroke. 2008;39:227-230; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495036. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Time Spent at Home Poststroke: "Home-Time" a Meaningful and Robust Outcome Measure for Stroke Trials Terence J. Quinn, Jesse Dawson, Jennifer S. Lees, Tou-Pin Chang, Matthew R. Walters, Kennedy R. Lees for the GAIN and VISTA Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:231-233; published online before print November 21 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493320. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Change in Hemostatic Markers After Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Is Not Associated With the Chance of Recanalization Joan Martí-Fàbregas, Montserrat Borrell, Dolores Cocho, Sergi Martínez-Ramírez, Mercè Martínez-Corral, Jordi Fontcuberta, and Josep-Lluis Martí-Vilalta Stroke. 2008;39:234-236; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493767. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Analysis of Lymphocyte Subsets in Patients With Stroke and Their Influence on Infection After Stroke Antje Vogelgesang, Uwe Grunwald, Sönke Langner, Robert Jack, Barbara M. Bröker, Christof Kessler, and Alexander Dressel Stroke. 2008;39:237-241; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493635. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Special Reports
	The 2007 Feinberg Lecture: A New Road Map for Neuroprotection Geoffrey A. Donnan Stroke. 2008;39:242; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493296. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	Prevalence of Intracranial Atherosclerosis and Coexistent Conditions in Ethnic South Asians Kazim Sheikh Stroke. 2008;39:e1; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.503425. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Sheikh Deidre A. De Silva, Fung-Peng Woon, Christopher P.L.H Chen, Hui-Meng Chang, and Meng-Cheong Wong Stroke. 2008;39:e2; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.505479. Full Text \| PDF
	Leptin and Nitric Oxide Production Against Ischemic Neuronal Injury Kazushi Tsuda Stroke. 2008;39:e3; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.500892. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Tsuda Feng Zhang, Suping Wang, Armando P. Signore, and Jun Chen Stroke. 2008;39:e4; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.502302. Full Text \| PDF
	Arrival Time to Stroke Unit as Crucial a Measure as Arrival Time to Emergency Department Sandy Middleton, Christopher Levi, and Simeon Dale Stroke. 2008;39:e5; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501890. Full Text \| PDF
	Cholesterol Measured Before Stroke Thrombolysis Is Not Associated With Tissue Plasminogen Activator–Related Hemorrhagic Transformation Joan Montaner Stroke. 2008;39:e6; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.499673. Full Text \| PDF
	Infection and Brain-Induced Immunodepression After Acute Ischemic Stroke Hedley C.A. Emsley, Craig J. Smith, and Stephen J. Hopkins Stroke. 2008;39:e7; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.500447. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Emsley et al Ángel Chamorro, Xabier Urra, and Anna M. Planas Stroke. 2008;39:e8; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.502898. Full Text \| PDF
	The Continued Yin and Yang of Uric Acid Jesse Dawson, Terry Quinn, Kennedy Lees, and Matthew Walters Stroke. 2008;39:e9; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.502245. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Dawson et al Sergio Amaro, Víctor Obach, Álvaro Cervera, Anna M. Planas, and Ángel Chamorro Stroke. 2008;39:e10; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.503532. Full Text \| PDF
	Methodological Quality and Publication Bias in Observational Studies on Risk of Rupture of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Mathieu van der Jagt, Peter J. Koudstaal, Diederik W.J. Dippel, and J. Dik F. Habbema Stroke. 2008;39:e11; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.499582. Full Text \| PDF
	Risk of High Dose Hydrocortisone in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage George Kwok Chu Wong and Wai Sang Poon Stroke. 2008;39:e12; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.499400. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Wong and Poon Yoichi Katayama, Nobuhiro Moro, and Jun Kojima Stroke. 2008;39:e13; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501270. Full Text \| PDF
	Comments Regarding the Recent OAST Article Scott W. Miller and Yuko Y. Palesch Stroke. 2008;39:e14; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.500355. Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Miller and Palesch Philip M.W. Bath and Laura J. Gray Stroke. 2008;39:e15; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.505164. Full Text \| PDF
	Influence of Inflammatory Variables on Intima-Media Thickness Blai Coll, Carlos Alonso-Villaverde, and Lluis Masana Stroke. 2008;39:e16; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493452. Full Text \| PDF
	Carotid Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients Jonathan Golledge Stroke. 2008;39:e17; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496067. Full Text \| PDF
	Mortality Associated With Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Stenosis Stanley N. Cohen Stroke. 2008;39:e18; published online before print December 6 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493783. Full Text \| PDF
	Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Jean-Louis Mas, Gilles Chatellier for the EVA3S investigators Stroke. 2008;39:e19-e20; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.499269. Full Text \| PDF
	The First Consensus Document of ICCS-SPREAD Joint Committee on Carotid Artery Stenting Was Not Premature But Prophetic Alberto Cremonesi, Carlo Setacci, Gianmarco de Donato, Gian Franco Gensini on behalf of the ICSS-SPREAD Joint Committee on Carotid Artery Stenting Stroke. 2008;39:e21; published online before print November 29 2007, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.499459. Full Text \| PDF

Spotlight

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Volume 39, Issue 1; January 1, 2008

Editorials

The Importance of Epidemiological Studies Should Not Be Downplayed

Prestroke Cognitive Function and Cerebrovascular Disease: If They Interact, It May Not Be Through Symptomatic Stroke

Lessons About Brain Vascular Disease From Another Pulsating Organ, the Kidney

Barriers to Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Changing Physician-Related Factors

Original Contributions

Stroke Incidence and Survival in the Beginning of the 21st Century in Southern Sweden: Comparisons With the Late 20th Century and Projections Into the Future

Sex Differences in Heritability of Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sex Differences in Acute Stroke Care in a Statewide Stroke Registry

Metabolic Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke Risk: Northern Manhattan Study

Prestroke Cognitive Performance, Incident Stroke, and Risk of Dementia: The Rotterdam Study

Prevalence and Clinicoepidemiological Features of Moyamoya Disease in Japan: Findings From a Nationwide Epidemiological Survey

Association Between Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness May Suggest a Specific Effect on Large Artery Atherothrombotic Stroke

Kidney Function Is Related to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Evolution of Neurological, Neuropsychological and Sleep-Wake Disturbances After Paramedian Thalamic Stroke

Level and Value of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients After Acute Ischemic Stroke

Rapid Assessment of Perfusion–Diffusion Mismatch

Ultrasound Diagnosis of Spontaneous Carotid Dissection With Isolated Horner Syndrome

Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of an International Phase III Trial: Abciximab in Emergency Treatment of Stroke Trial (AbESTT-II)

Oxidative Stress and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Biomarker Evaluation for Antioxidant Therapies in Stroke (BEAT-Stroke) Study

Are Steroids Useful to Treat Cerebral Venous Thrombosis?

Treatment Pathways, Resource Use, and Costs of Endovascular Coiling Versus Surgical Clipping After aSAH

Predictors of Rehemorrhage After Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: The Cerebral Aneurysm Rerupture After Treatment (CARAT) Study

Intramuscular Botulinum Toxin-A Reduces Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Study Versus Intraarticular Triamcinolone Acetonide

Impact of Preexisting Depression on Length of Stay and Discharge Destination Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Stroke: Linked Register-Based Study

Evidence of Abnormal Lower-Limb Torque Coupling After Stroke: An Isometric Study • Supplemental Materials and Methods

Handicap and Its Determinants of Change in Stroke Survivors: One-Year Follow-Up Study

A Pilot Study of Randomized Clinical Controlled Trial of Gait Training in Subacute Stroke Patients With Partial Body-Weight Support Electromechanical Gait Trainer and Functional Electrical Stimulation: Six-Month Follow-Up

The Cost of Pediatric Stroke Care and Rehabilitation

Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Carotid Atherosclerosis in an Intercross Between C57BL/6 and C3H Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

Selective Expansion of Influenza A Virus–Specific T Cells in Symptomatic Human Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques

Overexpression of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase Inhibits Asymmetric Dimethylarginine–Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in the Cerebral Circulation

Subtype Activation and Interaction of Protein Kinase C and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Controlling Receptor Expression in Cerebral Arteries and Microvessels After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Responses of Endothelial Cell and Astrocyte Matrix-Integrin Receptors to Ischemia Mimic Those Observed in the Neurovascular Unit

Albumin Therapy Improves Local Vascular Dynamics in a Rat Model of Primary Microvascular Thrombosis: A Two-Photon Laser-Scanning Microscopy Study

Experimental Model of Lacunar Infarction in the Gyrencephalic Brain of the Miniature Pig: Neurological Assessment and Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Physiological Evaluation of Dynamic Corticospinal Tract Deformation

Emboli Formation Rather Than Inflammatory Mediators Are Responsible for Increased Cerebral Water Content After Conventional and Assisted Beating-Heart Myocardial Revascularization in a Porcine Model

Atorvastatin Promotes Presenilin-1 Expression and Notch1 Activity and Increases Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation After Stroke

Research Letters

Barriers to the Use of Anticoagulation for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Representative Survey of Australian Family Physicians

Time Spent at Home Poststroke: "Home-Time" a Meaningful and Robust Outcome Measure for Stroke Trials

Change in Hemostatic Markers After Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Is Not Associated With the Chance of Recanalization

Analysis of Lymphocyte Subsets in Patients With Stroke and Their Influence on Infection After Stroke

Special Reports

The 2007 Feinberg Lecture: A New Road Map for Neuroprotection

Letters to the Editor

Prevalence of Intracranial Atherosclerosis and Coexistent Conditions in Ethnic South Asians

Response to Letter by Sheikh

Leptin and Nitric Oxide Production Against Ischemic Neuronal Injury

Response to Letter by Tsuda

Arrival Time to Stroke Unit as Crucial a Measure as Arrival Time to Emergency Department

Cholesterol Measured Before Stroke Thrombolysis Is Not Associated With Tissue Plasminogen Activator–Related Hemorrhagic Transformation

Infection and Brain-Induced Immunodepression After Acute Ischemic Stroke

Response to Letter by Emsley et al

The Continued Yin and Yang of Uric Acid

Response to Letter by Dawson et al

Methodological Quality and Publication Bias in Observational Studies on Risk of Rupture of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

Risk of High Dose Hydrocortisone in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Response to Letter by Wong and Poon

Comments Regarding the Recent OAST Article

Response to Letter by Miller and Palesch

Influence of Inflammatory Variables on Intima-Media Thickness

Carotid Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients

Mortality Associated With Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Stenosis

Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

The First Consensus Document of ICCS-SPREAD Joint Committee on Carotid Artery Stenting Was Not Premature But Prophetic

Spotlight