Stroke affects one in every six people worldwide, and is the leading cause of adult disability.
Some spontaneous recovery is usual but of limited extent, and the mechanisms of late …

Stroke causes a devastating insult to the brain resulting in severe neurological deficits
because of a massive loss of different neurons and glia. In the United States, stroke is the …

Introduction: Stroke remains the leading cause of disability in the Western world. Despite
decades of work, no clinically effective therapies exist to facilitate recovery from stroke. Stem …

One of the most promising frontiers in neuroscience is the potential for stem cells to treat
brain damage. Cell-based strategies are of particular interest in neurological conditions …

Introduction: Stroke is a major cause of mortality and disability in adults worldwide.
Unfortunately, current therapy which targets vessel recanalization has a narrow treatment …

With a constellation of stem cell sources available, researchers hope to utilize their potential
for cellular repair as a therapeutic target for disease. However, many lab-to-clinic …

Stem cell-based approaches hold much promise as potential novel treatments to restore
function after stroke. Studies in animal models have shown that stem cell transplantation can …

Accumulating laboratory evidence demonstrates the potential of transplanting
stem/progenitor cells for treating CNS disorders. The realization of neuroprotection or …

Cell therapy is emerging as a viable therapy to restore neurological function after stroke.
Many types of stem/progenitor cells from different sources have been explored for their …

Recent work has focused on cell transplantation as a therapeutic option following ischemic
stroke, based on animal studies showing that cells transplanted to the brain not only survive …