Stroke

How Stroke Affects the Brain

Strokes, sometimes called "brain attacks," are medical emergencies that cause injury to the brain. Learn how to spot warning signs and what steps you can take to prevent stroke.

Stroke

Although strokes are sudden, the brain injury they inflict typically evolves over the course of hours or even days. Prompt, effective treatment is critical.

Stroke

Stimulating Rehabilitation After Stroke

It’s hard for doctors to predict who will recover fully after a stroke and who may not. Dana Foundation grantee Roy Hamilton is investigating using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to take measurements of the injured brain’s plasticity to see if this can predict how well it is healing.

Different Types of Music May Aid Stroke Recovery

Building on work showing that listening to music helps speed peoples’ recovery from stroke, researchers find that the peppy song you love triggers different brain areas than unfamiliar music.

Advances in Our Knowledge of Stroke Mechanisms and Therapy

A description of our current knowledge of the mechanisms and current treatments for ischemic stroke by two experts in the field.

Learning to Speak Again

The brain can regain language abilities even years after a stroke—and training the toughest language tasks, not the easiest, first may be the best recovery strategy.

Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Repair the Damaged Brain?

High-pressure doses of rich oxygen can improve brain function in injured animals, but early research is mixed in humans. Is it the pressure? The extra oxygen? Or simply a placebo effect?

When Music Stops Making Sense

What does the experience of people whose musical abilities have been affected by brain damage teach us about how the brain binds together what we perceive into a seamless flow?

Protecting the Brain from a Glutamate Storm

Head injury or stroke can cause a surge in glutamate, leaving damaged neurons in its wake. But a new method may help keep the chemical messenger in check.