So how much of your brain do you really need to survive? Neuroscientists are still investigating this question, and there ...

Among stroke survivors, poor sleep quality is prevalent and influenced by stroke location, type, and the country’s income level.

The authors of the study identified three principles: "Firstly, language-specific network areas of the left hemisphere of the brain that are affected by the stroke very quickly receive functional ...

Today is International Day of Happiness. Clodagh Finn meets neuropsychologist, musician, and stroke survivor professor Eric ...

Following a stroke, the resulting lesion creates contralateral motor impairment and an interhemispheric imbalance involving hyperexcitability of the contralesional hemisphere. Neuronal reorganization ...

he was globally aphasic without focal weakness or obvious sensory changes aside from questionable mild right facial paresis (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score 6). A noncontrast CT and ...

Various measures of abnormal left atrial (LA) structure or function (LA myopathy) are associated with a higher risk of ischemic stroke and dementia, independent of atrial fibrillation. However, ...

Duke coach Jon Scheyer sought out a mental coach, who wanted to directly address the elephant in the room with the Blue ...

Stroke-related neurological changes can occur ... because 7 of the points are directly related to measurement of language (a left hemisphere function) and only 2 points are related to neglect ...

Visual loss from a stroke can manifest in a number of different ways that cut off vision in only half of one eye or in one-half of both eyes, often referred to as hemianopsia. It can be the top/bottom ...

As irony would have it, in 1996 at the age of 37, Dr. Jill experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain. On the afternoon of this rare form of stroke (AVM), she could not walk, ...

For example, a stroke in the right cerebral cortex can lead to the diminished ability to notice and use the left side of the body. Depending on the part of the body affected, an optometrist, ...