Cardiorespiratory exercise after ischemic stroke had benefits on cognition but not brain volume in a randomized controlled study conducted in Australia. In the PISCES-ZODIAC trial, an 8-week ...

Besides the traditional benefits of cardiorespiratory exercise after stroke, patients also showed improved cognitive performance and some arguable preserving of brain volume in a small randomized ...

Leading rehabilitation specialists share breakthrough techniques that help stroke survivors regain independence, with remarkable success stories of recovery When Sarah Thompson woke up one morning ...

A new study has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human studies. A new study by UCLA ...

In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

Scientists have discovered that DMT, a natural compound found in plants and even the human brain, can dramatically reduce brain damage caused by stroke. The psychoactive molecule, long known for its ...

Just light exercise—10 or 20 minutes of walking a day—can be enough to take the edge off. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The animals were genetically modified so that they would not reject the human stem cells. One week after stroke induction, the research team transplanted neural stem cells into the injured brain ...

Charles Hillman has known for a long time that exercise has a positive impact on the brain. This effect has been demonstrated ...