A first-in-human trial has found that pairing physical therapy with deep brain stimulation to encourage post-stroke rehabilitation is a safe and feasible treatment, even years after the stroke. The ...

Losing the use of an arm after a stroke can be devastating, but new research could offer survivors fresh hope. The study found that a combination of targeted brain stimulation therapy, along with ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human studies. The ...

A new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke -- a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The new observational ...

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A brain-computer interface has shown encouraging results in stroke rehabilitation, helping patients with chronic stroke regain partial upper limb function through regular, device-assisted exercises ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...

Injecting a natural hormone directly into the gut reduces the cognitive impairment that accompanies a stroke in the long term, according to a new study. The findings add to evidence that a healthy gut ...

When we talk about stroke recovery, most people think about medications, hospital care, and physiotherapy. What many don’t realise is that there’s something remarkable happening inside the brain ...

A stroke can change a person’s life in an instant, altering their brain and body in ways that are often devastating. Many people understand that a stroke is a medical emergency, but the full impact it ...

Stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) symptoms and signs vary. TBI includes light, noise sensitivity; stroke presents with facial drooping.