Carotid artery disease is common and increases the risk of stroke. However, there is wide
variability on the severity of clinical manifestations of carotid disease, ranging from …

Risk factor modification remains as the principal aspect of care for stroke prevention.
Understanding of risk factors has advanced and several options are now available to treat …

Background Whether thrombectomy alone is equally as effective as intravenous alteplase
plus thrombectomy remains controversial. We aimed to determine whether thrombectomy …

Objective: Higher dietary intake and circulating levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have been related to a reduced risk for dementia, but the …

Importance In animal studies, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been shown to
impact neuronal survival and function and improve synaptic plasticity and long-term memory. …

Background— Data relating parental history of stroke to stroke risk in offspring remain
surprisingly inconsistent, largely because of heterogeneity of study design and the absence of …

Objective: To relate serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) to risk of Alzheimer disease (AD)
dementia and to brain volumes in a dementia-free community sample spanning middle …

Background: Acute ischemic stroke occurs more frequently, presents with more severe
symptoms, and has worse outcomes in elderly patients. The safety and efficacy of endovascular …

Background and Purpose— Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a major neurotrophin
and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have a documented role in neurogenesis, …

The petals of daylily (Hemerocallis hybrid) have a genetically based program that leads to
senescence and cell death ca. 24 h after the flower opens. In order to determine the …