A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, ...

Transplantation of neural stem cells improved neurologic and motor function for adults with chronic ischemic stroke at 12 ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale has been used in clinical trials to assess neurological outcome after investigational therapy for acute stroke. We used the NIH Stroke Scale to ...

Outside of stroke, tDCS has had major setbacks in recent years. The DepressionDC study found it to be no better than sham as ...

Perspective from Davidson H. Hamer, MD The NIH announced that it is launching a phase 2 human challenge trial of AV-1, an investigational monoclonal antibody to ease dengue virus symptoms when ...

A new study suggests that a simple blood test could help emergency responders quickly determine whether a stroke is caused by a brain bleed or a blood clot, even before a patient reaches the hospital.

Mild electrical brain stimulation did not further improve motor recovery in stroke survivors, according to late-breaking ...

The findings are disappointing, but questions around intervention timing, patient population, and others remain to be ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday made a significant reduction in grants reserved for research institutions, a decision that may significantly impact American higher education.

There exists no ‘amyloid cabal’” in Alzheimer’s research, neurologist Dennis Selkoe writes in response to Charles Piller’s ...

His research has been funded by the NIH. Working in an historical archive is a lot like laboratory science. Lots of noise and too little signal. You can spend a day plowing through routine ...