Product Description: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are the watchwords in stroke research for basic neuroscientists and clinicians alike. This book, from the 22nd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, contains contributions from outstanding investigators on current topics in stroke research...read more

Product Description: This volume is the outcome of the 6th Hirosaki international Forum that was aimed to update the recent studies on neurological disorders of mainly elderly patients, particularly vascular and neurodegenerative disorders. Specific topics include genetic background of cerebrovascular diseases...read more

Product Description: Because stroke is essentially a disease of the vessels and blood flow, the most fundamental aspects of ischemic blood flow in the brain are under investigation by researchers. Their work was the focus of the sixth in the series of Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, held in Tokyo in 1999...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: With stroke now being considered as a "brain attack", this timely collection presents an excellent selection of the leading-edge research and therapy necessary for a more aggressive understanding and approach to stroke patients. The text focuses on such key topics as: Vascular factors in thrombosis Advances in neuroimaging Pathways of ischemic cell death Protective and restorative mechanisms Emerging therapy of ischematic stroke Mechanisms of ischemic brain injury Combining the experiences, research and speculation of basic scientists and clinicians, this reference does much more than serve as a mere update - it is guaranteed to challenge and enrich your own thinking on the topic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Hemostasis and Stroke presents an exciting and new understanding of current investigations and applications in stroke therapy. Although research in stroke, hematology, and related fields has made enormous progress in the last decade, stroke still remains one of the leading causes of death today...read more

Product Description: The fifth series of Sandoz Lectures discusses three topics--longevity and healthy aging, the aging brain, and coping with stroke disease. This book provides a multi-disciplinary consideration of each.

Product Description: This book contains fifty peer-reviewed scientific articles from major stroke centers from fifteen different countries of the world. According to the planned program, the three major categories of subjects include: Brain-heart relationships; Neuroimaging and leuko-araiosis; Prevention, therapy and rehabilitation of stroke...read more