Long-term survival and serial assessment of stroke damage and recovery - practical and methodological considerations.

Long-term survival and serial assessment of stroke damage and recovery - practical and methodological considerations. J Exp Stroke Transl Med. 2009 Jan;2(2):52-68 Authors: Modo M Abstract Impairments caused by stroke remain the main cause for adult disability. Despite a vigorous research effort, only 1 thrombolytic treatment has been approved in acute stroke (<3h). The limitations of preclinical studies and how these can be overcome have been the subject of various guidelines. However, often these guidelines focus on the acute stroke setting and omit long-term outcome measures, such as behaviour and neuroimaging. The considerations and practicalities of including the serial assessment of these approaches and their significance to establish therapeutic efficacy are discussed here. PMID: 22389748 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Experimental Stroke and Translational Medicine - Category: Neurology Tags: J Exp Stroke Transl Med Source Type: research