Latest Neuroscience Articles

• Expanding Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke beyond Revascularization June 1, 2023
  Stroke continues to be a leading cause of disability and death. Although revascularization with thrombolysis and thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke has had a substantial effect on stroke outcomes, only a limited number of patients with stroke receive these treatments. Moreover, a sizeable proportion of patients treated with thrombolysis do...
  Jose G. Romano, Tatjana Rundek
• Tirofiban for Stroke without Large or Medium-Sized Vessel Occlusion June 1, 2023
  In patients with stroke and patent large and medium-sized cerebral vessels, the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor tirofiban resulted in a greater likelihood of an excellent outcome than low-dose aspirin.
  Wenjie Zi, Jiaxing Song, Weilin Kong, Jiacheng Huang, Changwei Guo, Wencheng He, Yinquan Yu, Bo Zhang, Wanjie Geng, Xiaolin Tan, Yaoyu Tian, Zongtao Liu, Minghua Cao, Daoyou Cheng, Bo Li, Wenguo Huang, Junsheng Liu, Pengfei Wang, Zhou Yu, Hao Liang, Shuang Yang, Mingshan Tang, Wenhua Liu, Xianjun Huang, Shugai Liu, Yufeng Tang, Youlin Wu, Li Yao, Zhu Shi, Pengcheng He, Haojin Zhao, Zhuo Chen, Jun Luo, Yue Wan, Qiang Shi, Maorong Wang, De Yang, Xianglin Chen, Fang Huang, Jinlin Mu, Hao Li, Zhimin Li, Jingbang Zheng, Shunli Xie, Tieying Cai, Yuqi Peng, Weihua Xie, Zhongming Qiu, Chang Liu, Chengsong Yue, Linyu Li, Yan Tian, Dahong Yang, Jian Miao, Jie Yang, Jinrong Hu, Raul G. Nogueira, Duolao Wang, Jeffrey L. Saver, Fengli Li, Qingwu Yang, the RESCUE BT2 Investigators
• Early versus Later Anticoagulation for Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation May 24, 2023
  In a large trial, the estimated incidence of stroke, systemic embolism, hemorrhage, or death was 2.8 percentage points lower to 0.5 percentage points higher with early than with later use of direct oral anticoagulants.
  Urs Fischer, Masatoshi Koga, Daniel Strbian, Mattia Branca, Stefanie Abend, Sven Trelle, Maurizio Paciaroni, Götz Thomalla, Patrik Michel, Krassen Nedeltchev, Leo H. Bonati, George Ntaios, Thomas Gattringer, Else-Charlotte Sandset, Peter Kelly, Robin Lemmens, P.N. Sylaja, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Natan M. Bornstein, Zuzana Gdovinova, Takeshi Yoshimoto, Marjaana Tiainen, Helen Thomas, Manju Krishnan, Gek C. Shim, Christoph Gumbinger, Jochen Vehoff, Liqun Zhang, Kosuke Matsuzono, Espen Kristoffersen, Philippe Desfontaines, Peter Vanacker, Angelika Alonso, Yusuke Yakushiji, Caterina Kulyk, Dimitri Hemelsoet, Sven Poli, Ana Paiva Nunes, Nicoletta Caracciolo, Peter Slade, Jelle Demeestere, Alexander Salerno, Markus Kneihsl, Timo Kahles, Daria Giudici, Kanta Tanaka, Silja Räty, Rea Hidalgo, David J. Werring, Martina Göldlin, Marcel Arnold, Cecilia Ferrari, Seraina Beyeler, Christian Fung, Bruno J. Weder, Turgut Tatlisumak, Sabine Fenzl, Beata Rezny-Kasprzak, Arsany Hakim, Georgia Salanti, Claudio Bassetti, Jan Gralla, David J. Seiffge, Thomas Horvath, Jesse Dawson, the ELAN Investigators