The prospects for poststroke neural repair with vagal nerve stimulation

Vagal nerve stimulation is a new candidate for promoting neural repair after stroke but there is work to do Stroke is one of the major global healthcare problems with over 100 million stroke survivors worldwide.1 It is no longer simply a disease of the elderly, with 63% of the one-in-four adults who will go on to have a stroke being under the age of 70.1 Treatment to help recovery is often restricted to the first 6 months, despite stroke being a long-term condition from which recovery can be a lifelong process. There are three key areas where advances will have a major impact. First, accept that higher doses of motor, language and cognitive training are effective and determine ways of implementing them in a range of healthcare settings. Second, recognise that not all patients who have a stroke are the same and so we must...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Open access Editorial commentaries Source Type: research