Stroke -- Table of Contents (35 [5])

Volume 35, Issue 5; May 1, 2004

Original Contributions
Research Reports
Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
Special Reports
Cochrane Corner
Letters to the Editor
Corrections
AHA Scientific Statement

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	Original Contributions
	Multicenter Comparison of Processes of Care Between Stroke Units and Conventional Care Wards in Australia Dominique A. Cadilhac, Joeseph Ibrahim, Dora C. Pearce, Kathryn J. Ogden, John McNeill, Stephen M. Davis, Geoffrey A. Donnan for the SCOPES Study Group Stroke. 2004;35:1035-1040; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125709.17337.5d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Trial Application of a Model of Resource Utilization, Costs, and Outcomes for Stroke (MORUCOS) to Assist Priority Setting in Stroke Marjory L. Moodie, Robert Carter, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Amanda G. Thrift, Brian R. Chambers, Geoffrey A. Donnan, and Helen M. Dewey Stroke. 2004;35:1041-1046; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125012.36134.89. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Increasing Stroke Incidence in Sweden Between 1989 and 2000 Among Persons Aged 30 to 65 Years: Evidence From the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register J. Medin, A. Nordlund, and K. Ekberg Stroke. 2004;35:1047-1051; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125866.78674.96. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prevalence and Magnitude of Classical Risk Factors for Stroke in a Cohort of 5092 Chinese Steelworkers Over 13.5 Years of Follow-up Xiao-Fei Zhang, John Attia, Catherine D’Este, and Xue-Hai Yu Stroke. 2004;35:1052-1056; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125305.12859.ff. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Interaction Between Hypertension, apoE, and Cerebral White Matter Lesions Frank-Erik de Leeuw, Florence Richard, Jan Cees de Groot, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Albert Hofman, Jan van Gijn, and Monique M.B. Breteler Stroke. 2004;35:1057-1060; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125859.71051.83. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Not All Hypertensive Subjects Have Similar Risks for White Matter Lesions: Influence of Genetic Factors Didier Leys and Florence Pasquier Stroke. 2004;35:1061-1062; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000126476.10473.47. Full Text \| PDF
	Positron Emission Tomography Examination of Cerebral Blood Flow and Glucose Metabolism in Young CADASIL Patients Susanna Tuominen, Qing Miao, Timo Kurki, Seppo Tuisku, Minna Pöyhönen, Hannu Kalimo, Matti Viitanen, Hannu T. Sipilä, Jörgen Bergman, and Juha O. Rinne Stroke. 2004;35:1063-1067; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124124.69842.2d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Vertebral Artery Occlusion in Duplex Color-Coded Ultrasonography Kozue Saito, Kazumi Kimura, Kazuyuki Nagatsuka, Keiko Nagano, Kazuo Minematsu, Satoshi Ueno, and Hiroaki Naritomi Stroke. 2004;35:1068-1072; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125857.63427.59. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Acarbose Slows Progression of Intima-Media Thickness of the Carotid Arteries in Subjects With Impaired Glucose Tolerance Markolf Hanefeld, Jean Louis Chiasson, Carsta Koehler, Elena Henkel, Frank Schaper, and Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev Stroke. 2004;35:1073-1078; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125864.01546.f2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hemorrhage in the Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque: A High-Resolution MRI Study Baocheng Chu, Annette Kampschulte, Marina S. Ferguson, William S. Kerwin, Vasily L. Yarnykh, Kevin D. O’Brien, Nayak L. Polissar, Thomas S. Hatsukami, and Chun Yuan Stroke. 2004;35:1079-1084; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125856.25309.86. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prothrombin Fragment 1+2 Is Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Subjects Free of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease J.A. Páramo, J. Orbe, O. Beloqui, A. Benito, I. Colina, E. Martinez-Vila, and J. Diez Stroke. 2004;35:1085-1089; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124927.38723.f2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Tissue Plasminogen Activator –7351C/T Enhancer Polymorphism Is a Risk Factor for Lacunar Stroke Jim Jannes, Monica A. Hamilton-Bruce, Louis Pilotto, Brian J. Smith, Charles G. Mullighan, Peter G. Bardy, and Simon A. Koblar Stroke. 2004;35:1090-1094; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124123.76658.6c. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke Can Be Differentiated by Analyzing Early Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Signal Intensity Changes Kerstin Winbeck, Kathrin Bruckmaier, Thorleif Etgen, Helga Gräfin von Einsiedel, M. Röttinger, and Dirk Sander Stroke. 2004;35:1095-1099; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125720.02983.fe. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	More Accurate Identification of Reversible Ischemic Injury in Human Stroke by Cerebrospinal Fluid Suppressed Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Julie L. Bykowski, Lawrence L. Latour, and Steven Warach Stroke. 2004;35:1100-1106; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125867.86298.6a. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Predicts Outcome Günter Seidel, Karsten Meyer-Wiethe, Grit Berdien, Dirk Hollstein, Daniel Toth, and Til Aach Stroke. 2004;35:1107-1111; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124125.19773.40. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Mechanical Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Endovascular Photoacoustic Recanalization Ansgar Berlis, Helmi Lutsep, Stan Barnwell, Alexander Norbash, Lawrence Wechsler, Charles A. Jungreis, Andrew Woolfenden, Gary Redekop, Marius Hartmann, and Martin Schumacher Stroke. 2004;35:1112-1116; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124126.17508.d3. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Favorable Outcome of Ischemic Stroke in Patients Pretreated with Statins Joan Martí-Fàbregas, Meritxell Gomis, Adrià Arboix, Aitziber Aleu, Javier Pagonabarraga, Robert Belvís, Dolores Cocho, Jaume Roquer, Ana Rodríguez, María Dolores García, Laura Molina-Porcel, Jordi Díaz-Manera, and Josep-Lluis Martí-Vilalta Stroke. 2004;35:1117-1121; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125863.93921.3f. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Statins, Stroke Outcome, and Stroke Prevention: When Should We Start Treatment? Jonathan Y. Streifler Stroke. 2004;35:1121-1123; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000126481.79085.47. Full Text \| PDF
	Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Stroke Among Middle-Aged Men: The JPHC Study Cohort I Hiroyasu Iso, Shunroku Baba, Toshifumi Mannami, Satoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Okada, Masamitsu Konishi, Shoichiro Tsugane for the JPHC Study Group Stroke. 2004;35:1124-1129; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124459.33597.00. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hospital Usage of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage J. Claude Hemphill, III, Jeffrey Newman, Shoujun Zhao, and S. Claiborne Johnston Stroke. 2004;35:1130-1134; published online before print March 25 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125858.71051.ca. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Outcome of Acute Stroke Patients Without Visible Occlusion on Early Arteriography Marcel Arnold, Krassen Nedeltchev, Caspar Brekenfeld, Urs Fischer, Luca Remonda, Gerhard Schroth, and Heinrich Mattle Stroke. 2004;35:1135-1138; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125862.55804.29. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Outcome of Acute Stroke Patients Without Visible Occlusion on Early Arteriography Peter D. Schellinger Stroke. 2004;35:1139-1140; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000126038.53283.d4. Full Text \| PDF
	In Acute Ischemic Stroke, Are Asymptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhages Clinically Innocuous? David M. Kent, Judith Hinchey, Lori Lyn Price, Steven R. Levine, and Harry P. Selker Stroke. 2004;35:1141-1146; published online before print April 15 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125712.02090.6e. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Leukocyte Count as an Independent Predictor of Recurrent Ischemic Events Armin J. Grau, Alexander W. Boddy, Deborah A. Dukovic, Florian Buggle, Christoph Lichy, Tobias Brandt, Werner Hacke for the CAPRIE Investigators Stroke. 2004;35:1147-1152; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124122.71702.64. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Morphometry of Medial Gaps of Human Brain Artery Branches Peter B. Canham and Helen M. Finlay Stroke. 2004;35:1153-1157; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124926.76836.df. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cerebral Endothelial Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Mice with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Petra Sostak, Petra Reich, Claudio S. Padovan, Armin Gerbitz, Ernst Holler, and Andreas Straube Stroke. 2004;35:1158-1163; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125865.01546.bb. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Volume-Regulated Anion Channels Are the Predominant Contributors to Release of Excitatory Amino Acids in the Ischemic Cortical Penumbra Paul J. Feustel, Yiqiang Jin, and Harold K. Kimelberg Stroke. 2004;35:1164-1168; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124127.57946.a1. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Myeloperoxidase Expression: Quantitative Analysis by Antigen Immunohistochemistry in a Model of Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia Carolina M. Maier, Lily Hsieh, Fengshan Yu, Paige Bracci, and Pak H. Chan Stroke. 2004;35:1169-1174; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125861.55804.f2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Neuroprotection by Hyperbaric Oxygenation After Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia Monitored by MRI Wolf-Ruediger Schäbitz, Holger Schade, Sabine Heiland, Rainer Kollmar, Jürgen Bardutzky, Nils Henninger, Harald Müller, Ulrich Carl, Shinya Toyokuni, Clemens Sommer, and Stefan Schwab Stroke. 2004;35:1175-1179; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125868.86298.8e. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prolonged Opportunity for Ischemic Neuroprotection with Selective ${kappa}$ -Opioid Receptor Agonist in Rats Tsung-Ying Chen, Toru Goyagi, Thomas J.K. Toung, Jeffrey R. Kirsch, Patricia D. Hurn, Raymond C. Koehler, and Anish Bhardwaj Stroke. 2004;35:1180-1185; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125011.93188.c6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Delayed Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Brain Injury: Extended Therapeutic Window with the Proteosome Inhibitor MLN519 Anthony J. Williams, Rossana Berti, Jitendra R. Dave, Peter J. Elliot, Julian Adams, and Frank C. Tortella Stroke. 2004;35:1186-1191; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125721.10606.dc. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Neuroprotective Action of Halogenated Derivatives of L-Phenylalanine Tomoko Kagiyama, Alexander V. Glushakov, Colin Sumners, Brandy Roose, Donn M. Dennis, M. Ian Phillips, Mehmet S. Ozcan, Christoph N. Seubert, and Anatoly E. Martynyuk Stroke. 2004;35:1192-1196; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125722.10606.07. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Combination Therapy in Ischemic Stroke: Synergistic Neuroprotective Effects of Memantine and Clenbuterol Carsten Culmsee, Vera Junker, Wolfram Kremers, Serge Thal, Nikolaus Plesnila, and Josef Krieglstein Stroke. 2004;35:1197-1202; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125855.17686.6d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Pooling of Animal Experimental Data Reveals Influence of Study Design and Publication Bias Malcolm R. Macleod, Tori O’Collins, David W. Howells, and Geoffrey A. Donnan Stroke. 2004;35:1203-1208; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125719.25853.20. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Research Reports
	Race-Specific Relationships Between Coronary and Carotid Artery Calcification and Carotid Intimal Medial Thickness Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Carl D. Langefeld, J. Jeffrey Carr, Ward Riley, Barry I. Freedman, Shahriar Moossavi, and Donald W. Bowden Stroke. 2004;35:e97-e99; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000127081.99767.1d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Retinal Embolism Have Different Mechanisms Christine A.C. Wijman, Joao A. Gomes, Michael R. Winter, Behrooz Koleini, Ippolit C.A. Matjucha, Val E. Pochay, and Viken L. Babikian Stroke. 2004;35:e100-e102; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125009.05353.7c. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Interobserver Variation of ASPECTS in Real Time Shelagh B. Coutts, Andrew M. Demchuk, Philip A. Barber, William Y. Hu, Jessica E. Simon, Alastair M. Buchan, Michael D. Hill for the VISION Study Group Stroke. 2004;35:e103-e105; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000127082.19473.45. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prehospital Neuroprotective Therapy for Acute Stroke: Results of the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy–Magnesium (FAST–MAG) Pilot Trial Jeffrey L. Saver, Chelsea Kidwell, Marc Eckstein, Sidney Starkman for the FAST-MAG Pilot Trial Investigators Stroke. 2004;35:e106-e108; published online before print March 11 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000124458.98123.52. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Catheter-Based Treatment for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Ineligible for Intravenous Thrombolysis Stephen R. Ramee, Rajesh Subramanian, Robert A. Felberg, Kevin L. McKinley, J. Stephen Jenkins, Tyrone J. Collins, Robert C. Dawson, and Christopher J. White Stroke. 2004;35:e109-e111; published online before print April 15 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125711.94465.78. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
	International Comparison of Stroke Cost Studies Silvia M.A.A. Evers, Jeroen N. Struijs, André J.H.A. Ament, Marianne L.L. van Genugten, J. C. Jager, and Geertrudis A.M. van den Bos Stroke. 2004;35:1209-1215; published online before print April 8 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125860.48180.48. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Sample Size Calculations in Acute Stroke Trials: A Systematic Review of Their Reporting, Characteristics, and Relationship With Outcome Chris S. Weaver, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Fiona J. Bath-Hextall, and Philip M.W. Bath Stroke. 2004;35:1216-1224; published online before print March 18 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125010.70652.93. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Special Reports
	Reporting Standards for Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stent Placement Randall T. Higashida, Philip M. Meyers, Constantine C. Phatouros, John J. Connors, III, John D. Barr, David Sacks for the Technology Assessment Committees of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology Stroke. 2004;35:e112-e134, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125713.02090.27. Full Text \| PDF
	Cochrane Corner
	Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Stroke and Other Vascular Events After Carotid Endarterectomy Stefan Engelter and Philippe Lyrer Stroke. 2004;35:1227-1228; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125710.17337.8b. Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	Ultrasound Measurement of Atherosclerosis • Response: Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Intervention Studies J. David Spence and Michiel L. Bots Stroke. 2004;35:e87-e88; published online before print March 25 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125715.47831.37. Full Text \| PDF
	Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease in Patients Scheduled for Cardiac or Vascular Surgery: Is This a Place for Invasive Selective Carotid Angiography? • Response: Combined Testing of Cardiac and Carotid Artery Stenosis? Gianluca Rigatelli, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Willem P.T.M. Mali, L. Jaap Kappelle, and Yolanda van der Graaf Stroke. 2004;35:e89-e90; published online before print March 25 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125304.23773.70. Full Text \| PDF
	Limitations in Estimating Critical Closing Pressure by Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements • Response: Limitations in Estimating Critical Closing Pressure by Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements Hung-Yi Hsu, Ying-Tsung Chen, Han-Hwa Hu, Rune Aaslid, and David W. Newell Stroke. 2004;35:e91-e92; published online before print March 25 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125303.07282.df. Full Text \| PDF
	New Trial(s) on Antiedema Treatment in Stroke? Stefano Ricci, Maria Grazia Celani, and Enrico Righetti Stroke. 2004;35:e93; published online before print March 25 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125306.61072.7e. Full Text \| PDF
	CD105 (Endoglin), Apoptosis, and Stroke Baoqiang Guo, Shant Kumar, Chenggang Li, Mark Slevin, and Pat Kumar Stroke. 2004;35:e94-e95; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125309.37971.82. Full Text \| PDF
	Neuroprotective Effects of MK-801 and Catecholamine Release in the Central Nervous System • Response: Neuroprotective Effects of MK-801 and Catecholamine Release in the Central Nervous System Kazushi Tsuda, Tibo Gerriets, Erwin Stolz, Maureen Walberer, Manfred Kaps, Georg Bachmann, and Marc Fisher Stroke. 2004;35:e96; published online before print April 1 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000125718.25853.69. Full Text \| PDF
	Corrections
	Correction Stroke. 2004;35:1229, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000129412.01474.e2. Full Text \| PDF
	AHA Scientific Statement
	Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations for Stroke Survivors: An American Heart Association Scientific Statement From the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention; the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism; and the Stroke Council Neil F. Gordon, Meg Gulanick, Fernando Costa, Gerald Fletcher, Barry A. Franklin, Elliot J. Roth, and Tim Shephard Stroke. 2004;35:1230-1240, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000127303.19261.19. Full Text \| PDF

Spotlight

TOC Spotlight File

Volume 35, Issue 5; May 1, 2004

Original Contributions

Multicenter Comparison of Processes of Care Between Stroke Units and Conventional Care Wards in Australia

Trial Application of a Model of Resource Utilization, Costs, and Outcomes for Stroke (MORUCOS) to Assist Priority Setting in Stroke

Increasing Stroke Incidence in Sweden Between 1989 and 2000 Among Persons Aged 30 to 65 Years: Evidence From the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register

Prevalence and Magnitude of Classical Risk Factors for Stroke in a Cohort of 5092 Chinese Steelworkers Over 13.5 Years of Follow-up

Interaction Between Hypertension, apoE, and Cerebral White Matter Lesions

Editorial Comment—Not All Hypertensive Subjects Have Similar Risks for White Matter Lesions: Influence of Genetic Factors

Positron Emission Tomography Examination of Cerebral Blood Flow and Glucose Metabolism in Young CADASIL Patients

Vertebral Artery Occlusion in Duplex Color-Coded Ultrasonography

Acarbose Slows Progression of Intima-Media Thickness of the Carotid Arteries in Subjects With Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Hemorrhage in the Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque: A High-Resolution MRI Study

Prothrombin Fragment 1+2 Is Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Subjects Free of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease

Tissue Plasminogen Activator –7351C/T Enhancer Polymorphism Is a Risk Factor for Lacunar Stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke Can Be Differentiated by Analyzing Early Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Signal Intensity Changes

More Accurate Identification of Reversible Ischemic Injury in Human Stroke by Cerebrospinal Fluid Suppressed Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Predicts Outcome

Mechanical Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Endovascular Photoacoustic Recanalization

Favorable Outcome of Ischemic Stroke in Patients Pretreated with Statins

Editorial Comment—Statins, Stroke Outcome, and Stroke Prevention: When Should We Start Treatment?

Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Stroke Among Middle-Aged Men: The JPHC Study Cohort I

Hospital Usage of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Outcome of Acute Stroke Patients Without Visible Occlusion on Early Arteriography

Editorial Comment—Outcome of Acute Stroke Patients Without Visible Occlusion on Early Arteriography

In Acute Ischemic Stroke, Are Asymptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhages Clinically Innocuous?

Leukocyte Count as an Independent Predictor of Recurrent Ischemic Events

Morphometry of Medial Gaps of Human Brain Artery Branches

Cerebral Endothelial Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Mice with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Volume-Regulated Anion Channels Are the Predominant Contributors to Release of Excitatory Amino Acids in the Ischemic Cortical Penumbra

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Myeloperoxidase Expression: Quantitative Analysis by Antigen Immunohistochemistry in a Model of Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Neuroprotection by Hyperbaric Oxygenation After Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia Monitored by MRI

Prolonged Opportunity for Ischemic Neuroprotection with Selective -Opioid Receptor Agonist in Rats

Delayed Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Brain Injury: Extended Therapeutic Window with the Proteosome Inhibitor MLN519

Neuroprotective Action of Halogenated Derivatives of L-Phenylalanine

Combination Therapy in Ischemic Stroke: Synergistic Neuroprotective Effects of Memantine and Clenbuterol

Pooling of Animal Experimental Data Reveals Influence of Study Design and Publication Bias

Research Reports

Race-Specific Relationships Between Coronary and Carotid Artery Calcification and Carotid Intimal Medial Thickness

Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Retinal Embolism Have Different Mechanisms

Interobserver Variation of ASPECTS in Real Time

Prehospital Neuroprotective Therapy for Acute Stroke: Results of the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy–Magnesium (FAST–MAG) Pilot Trial

Catheter-Based Treatment for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Ineligible for Intravenous Thrombolysis

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

International Comparison of Stroke Cost Studies

Sample Size Calculations in Acute Stroke Trials: A Systematic Review of Their Reporting, Characteristics, and Relationship With Outcome

Special Reports

Reporting Standards for Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stent Placement

Cochrane Corner

Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Stroke and Other Vascular Events After Carotid Endarterectomy

Letters to the Editor

Ultrasound Measurement of Atherosclerosis • Response: Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Intervention Studies

Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Occlusive Disease in Patients Scheduled for Cardiac or Vascular Surgery: Is This a Place for Invasive Selective Carotid Angiography? • Response: Combined Testing of Cardiac and Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Limitations in Estimating Critical Closing Pressure by Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements • Response: Limitations in Estimating Critical Closing Pressure by Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements

New Trial(s) on Antiedema Treatment in Stroke?

CD105 (Endoglin), Apoptosis, and Stroke

Neuroprotective Effects of MK-801 and Catecholamine Release in the Central Nervous System • Response: Neuroprotective Effects of MK-801 and Catecholamine Release in the Central Nervous System

Corrections

Correction

AHA Scientific Statement

Spotlight

Prolonged Opportunity for Ischemic Neuroprotection with Selective ${kappa}$ -Opioid Receptor Agonist in Rats