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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Editorials

Stroke in Korean

The Metabolic Syndrome: More Than the Sum of Its Components?

Where Do We Go for Atherothrombotic Disease Genetics?

The Ideal Antiplatelet Drug for Stroke Prevention—Still Elusive

Original Contributions

The Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Incident Stroke: A 14-Year Follow-Up Study in Elderly People in Finland

Long-Term Fatal Outcomes in Subjects With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Fourteen-Year Follow-Up of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program

Gender Differences in Stroke Examined in a 10-Year Cohort of Patients Admitted to a Canadian Teaching Hospital

Genomewide Linkage in a Large Dutch Family With Intracranial Aneurysms: Replication of 2 Loci for Intracranial Aneurysms to Chromosome 1p36.11-p36.13 and Xp22.2-p22.32

Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Polymorphism (–786TC) and Increased Risk of Angiographic Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Genetic Variation in Members of the Leukotriene Biosynthesis Pathway Confer an Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Replication Study in Two Independent Populations

A Whole-Genome Scan for Stroke or Myocardial Infarction in Family Blood Pressure Program Families

MMP-9–Positive Neutrophil Infiltration Is Associated to Blood–Brain Barrier Breakdown and Basal Lamina Type IV Collagen Degradation During Hemorrhagic Transformation After Human Ischemic Stroke

Spatial Distribution of White-Matter Hyperintensities in Alzheimer Disease, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, and Healthy Aging

Misclassified Tissue Volumes in Alzheimer Disease Patients With White Matter Hyperintensities: Importance of Lesion Segmentation Procedures for Volumetric Analysis

Autopsy Prevalence of Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Patients With Fatal Stroke

Vasomotion in Multiple Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissections

Early Seizures in Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis: Risk Factors and Role of Antiepileptics

Solid Cerebral Microemboli and Cerebrovascular Symptoms in Patients With Prosthetic Heart Valves

Association Between Serum Ferritin Level and Perihematoma Edema Volume in Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Interexaminer Difference in Infarct Volume Measurements on MRI: A Source of Variance in Stroke Research

Vascular and Nonvascular Mimics of the CT Angiography "Spot Sign" in Patients With Secondary Intracerebral Hemorrhage

How Accurate Is CT Angiography in Evaluating Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease?

Grading Carotid Intrastent Restenosis: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study

Applications and Advantages of Power Motion-Mode Doppler in Acute Posterior Circulation Cerebral Ischemia

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Final Results of the Multi MERCI Trial

Mechanical Thromboembolectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Comparison of the Catch Thromboectomy Device and the Merci Retriever In Vivo

Effects of Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy With Mezlocillin Plus Sulbactam on the Incidence and Height of Fever After Severe Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Mannheim Infection in Stroke Study (MISS)

Trends in Usage of Alternative Antiplatelet Therapy After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

Walking Speed and Risk of Incident Ischemic Stroke Among Postmenopausal Women

Predictors of Emotional Distress After Stroke

Development of a Metropolitan Matrix of Primary Stroke Centers: The Phoenix Experience

Insulin Growth Factor-1 Gene Transfer Enhances Neurovascular Remodeling and Improves Long-Term Stroke Outcome in Mice

Blocking of Platelets or Intrinsic Coagulation Pathway–Driven Thrombosis Does Not Prevent Cerebral Infarctions Induced by Photothrombosis

Simvastatin Reduces the Association of NMDA Receptors to Lipid Rafts: A Cholesterol-Mediated Effect in Neuroprotection

Simvastatin Suppresses the Progression of Experimentally Induced Cerebral Aneurysms in Rats

Rapid Morphologic Plasticity of Peri-Infarct Dendritic Spines After Focal Ischemic Stroke

Nitric Oxide Modulates Spreading Depolarization Threshold in the Human and Rodent Cortex • Supplemental Materials and Methods

Intracarotid Injection of Fluorescence Activated Cell-Sorted CD49d-Positive Neural Stem Cells Improves Targeted Cell Delivery and Behavior After Stroke in a Mouse Stroke Model

Xenon and Hypothermia Combine Additively, Offering Long-Term Functional and Histopathologic Neuroprotection After Neonatal Hypoxia/Ischemia

Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is Involved in Subacute Stress–Induced Neuroinflammation and in the Worsening of Experimental Stroke

Research Letters

Is the Impact of Job Control on Stroke Independent From Socioeconomic Status?: A Large-Scale Study of the Swedish Working Population

Variation in the Estrogen Receptor Gene and Risk of Stroke: The Rotterdam Study

Changes in Background Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity Between Lacunar and Cortical Ischemic Stroke Subtypes

The Role of Aquaporin-4 Polymorphisms in the Development of Brain Edema After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Risk Factors and Neurological Consequences of Syncopes Induced by Internal Carotid Artery Angioplasty

Preliminary Findings of External Counterpulsation for Ischemic Stroke Patient With Large Artery Occlusive Disease

Risk of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Role of Confirmed Hypertension

Validation of a Prognostic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Grading Scale Derived Directly From the Glasgow Coma Scale

Insulin Resistance as a Risk Factor for Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Comparison of the Homeostasis Model Assessment and the Short Insulin Tolerance Test

Is Routine Retinal Examination Useful in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke?

Case Reports

Complete Ophthalmoplegia: An Unusual Sign of Bilateral Paramedian Midbrain-Thalamic Infarction

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Aspirin Plus Dipyridamole Versus Aspirin for Prevention of Vascular Events After Stroke or TIA: A Meta-Analysis

Special Reports

Stroke Program Review Group: An Interim Report

Progress Review

Retinal Signs and Stroke: Revisiting the Link Between the Eye and Brain

Topical Review

Themes and Strategies for Studying the Biology of Stroke Recovery in the Poststroke Epoch

Cochrane Corner

Dipyridamole for Preventing Stroke and Other Vascular Events in Patients With Vascular Disease: An Update

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

Emerging Therapies

A Critique of SAINT II: Wishful Thinking, Dashed Hopes, and the Future of Neuroprotection for Acute Stroke

Controversies in Stroke

Thunderclap Headache With Normal CT and Lumbar Puncture: Further Investigations Are Unnecessary: For

Thunderclap Headache With Normal CT and Lumbar Puncture: Further Investigations Are Unnecessary: Against

Thunderclap Headache: CT and Lumbar Puncture But Occasionally More!

Corrections

Correction

Letters to the Editor

Sedo-Analgesia in Neurologically Ill Patients: Guidelines Revisited

Response to Letter by Silva et al

Is Craniotomy for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Treated Properly in the Latest AHA Guideline?

Response to Letter by Morikawa

Advantages of a Combined Approach to Recanalization Therapy

Response to Letter by Nichols et al

Gender Differences Between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Intima Media Thickness Progression

Response to Letter by Ramaraj

Gait Velocity and Community Ambulation: the Limits of Assessment

Response to Letter by Lord and Rochester