Children with sickle cell anemia show subtle brain changes in certain regions, even without prior stroke or infarction, a new ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that damage to small blood vessels in the hereditary disease CADASIL may disrupt important brain functions in the hippocampus, a region involved in memory.

Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully understood, there is ...

The prevalence of these brain changes was generally the same between those with and without a recent stroke and there were no apparent sex differences in the results. Dr Zhou said the study also ...

The first international trial of an unproven stroke treatment available in the U.S. has concluded that, while harmless, "perispinal" etanercept—injected into the spinal area—is no more effective than ...