Anxiety and depression one year after the first stroke among Lebanese survivors: proportions, changes, and predictors by Celina F. Boutros, Walaa Khazaal, Maram Taliani, Najwane Said Sadier, Pascale Salameh, Hassan Hosseini

“…Methods A hospital-based multicenter study was conducted among 150 subjects aged ≥ 18 years involving scheduled home visits at 3, 6, and 12 months after stroke index. Several scales were employed, including Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Short Form Health Survey (SF12), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4), Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), to assess levels of anxiety and depression, cognitive function, disability degree, quality of life, stroke severity, general pain, central pain, spasticity, and fatigue after stroke, respectively. …”
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Nutritional support as an integral part of the management of a patient with stroke in the acute stage of the disease and at the stage of rehabilitation by V. V. Kovalchuk

“…Nutritional deficiency has the following negative impact directly on the process of recovery of a patient after a stroke: a decrease in the degree of recovery of motor functions, a decrease in the degree of recovery of cognitive functions, a low level of social adaptation, a low level of quality of life. 50% of stroke patients are malnourished upon admission to rehabilitation centers. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF USING MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH SEVERE STROKE AND SEVERE COMORBID PATHOLOGY TAKING ANTICOAGULANTS by Марина Анатольевна Пеганова, Елена Алексеевна Полукарова, Александра Константиновна Волкова, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Светлана Станиславовна Зиборова, Елена Сергеевна Грязнова, Максим Алексеевич Верещагин

“…Objective – demonstration of a clinical case of management of an aged patient with severe stroke and severe cardiac pathology while taking anticoagulants in the most acute period of stroke. …”
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A systematic review of the use of virtual reality and its effects on cognition in individuals with neurocognitive disorders by Alexander Moreno, Kylie Janine Wall, Karthick Thangavelu, Lucas Craven, Emma Ward, Nadeeka N. Dissanayaka

“…Results A total of 22 studies were included in the review, for an aggregated sample of 564 individuals with NCDs. Most of the studies were conducted on patients who had stroke (27.3%), followed by mild cognitive impairment (22.7%) and Alzheimer's disease (13.6%). …”
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Imaging features associated with the susceptibility to brain fog: a major secondary complication observed in patients with ischemic stroke by Paulinus et al.

“…While some stroke survivors show a decline in cognitive functions, others have stable cognitions or revert to baseline cognitive functioning. …”

Mobile tablet-based therapies following stroke: A systematic scoping review of administrative methods and patient experiences. by Michael Pugliese, Tim Ramsay, Dylan Johnson, Dar Dowlatshahi

“…<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Stroke survivors are often left with deficits requiring rehabilitation to recover function and yet, many are unable to access rehabilitative therapies. …”
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Clinically meaningful outcomes in Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias trials by Luke E. Stoeckel, Elena M. Fazio, Kristina K. Hardy, Nicole Kidwiler, Kristina A. McLinden, Benfeard Williams

“…The goals were to identify research gaps, opportunities, and tools to advance patient‐centered, equitable assessment of clinically meaningful change focused on biomarker status, cognition, and everyday function. The workshop fostered robust, multidisciplinary discussion between lived experience experts, advocates, researchers, clinicians, funders, payers, and regulators. …”
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Neural Plasticity in Multiple Sclerosis: The Functional and Molecular Background by Dominika Justyna Ksiazek-Winiarek, Piotr Szpakowski, Andrzej Glabinski

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Effectiveness of care coordination interventions delivered to stroke survivors in low and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Stephanopoulos Kofi Junior Osei, Anthony Danso-Appiah

“…This systematic review will identify the key components of stroke care coordination interventions implemented in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and assess their effectiveness on stroke outcomes such as motor recovery, cognitive function, mental health, stroke type and the role of stroke severity, type, and the nature of the interventions in influencing these outcomes.…”
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Poststroke Depression among Acute Stroke Survival Patients Attending Neurology Outpatient Department of a Selected Hospital in Kolkata by Chandrika Ghosh, Uma R. Adhikari

“…The Chi-square value reveals that there is a significant association between poststroke depression and deterioration of disease condition from the onset of the disease, days of suffering from the disease, number of admission for the disease, severity of stroke, impairment of level of independence, and impairment of cognitive function. …”
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Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Lisa Sheehy, Anne Taillon-Hobson, Heidi Sveistrup, Martin Bilodeau, Christine Yang, Vivian Welch, Hillel Finestone

“…ObjectiveThe objectives of this randomized controlled feasibility trial were to assess home-based NIVRT as telerehabilitation with patients living with stroke, and its potential to improve standing function and gait. …”
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THE EFFICACY OF LONG-TERM WARFARIN THERAPY: THE IMPACT ON THE INCIDENCE OF ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS AND CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF DEVELOPING SUCH DISORDERS. (Results of a pr... by E. S. KROPACHEVA, O. A. ZEMLYANSKAYA, A. B. DOBROVOLSKY, E. P. PANCHENKO

“…A separate analysis of patients with high thromboembolic risk (who had 4 or more points on the CHA2DS2-VASc) showed that achieving a TTR ≥ 70% resulted in 70.7% patients who had no stroke for 10 years.The stepwise discriminant analysis revealed that the initial cognitive function decline, history of stroke and TTR &lt;70% were predictors of developing ischemic cerebrovascular disorders (strokes and transient ischemic attacks) in patients receiving warfarin.…”
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Child and Parent Perspectives on Daily Functioning after Perinatal Brain Injury by Lisanne M. Baak, MD, Corline E.J. Parmentier, MD, PhD, Nienke Wagenaar, MD, PhD, Fleur-Sophie N. Buijsen, BSc, Anne A.M. van Wendel de Joode, Jan Willem Gorter, MD, PhD, Manon J.N.L. Benders, MD, PhD, Floris Groenendaal, MD, PhD, Linda S. de Vries, MD, PhD, Cora H. Nijboer, PhD, Thomas Alderliesten, MD, PhD, Corine Koopman-Esseboom, MD, PhD, Cornelia H. Verhage, Rian M.J.C. Eijsermans, Niek E. van der Aa, MD, PhD, Marjolijn Ketelaar, PhD

“…Objective: Perinatal brain injury can result in long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae. To examine the most significant consequences from a patient perspective, this questionnaire study explored the strengths and difficulties in daily functioning after perinatal brain injury, by child self-report and parent-proxy report. …”
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Falls in a single brain rehabilitation center: a 3-year retrospective chart review by Yoo Jin Choo, Jun Sung Moon, Gun Woo Lee, Wook-Tae Park, Min Cheol Chang

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Markers of Inflammation and Hypofibrinolysis Are Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction and Motor Performances in Atrial Fibrillation Patients on Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Insight... by Francesco Alfano, Francesca Cesari, Anna Maria Gori, Martina Berteotti, Emilia Salvadori, Betti Giusti, Alessia Bertelli, Filippo Fratini, Angela Rogolino, Benedetta Formelli, Francesca Pescini, Enrico Fainardi, Eleonora Barucci, Giulia Salti, Arianna Cavaliere, Andrea Ginestroni, Rossella Marcucci, Anna Poggesi

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The contributing role of CCR5 in dementia by Tong Zheng, Meiping Ye, Meiping Ye, Pingyu Zhou, Pingyu Zhou

“…Dementia is a syndrome of impaired brain function in which cognitive functions such as memory, language, attention, direction, and judgment are impaired, affecting or interfering with daily functioning. …”
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Cognitive impact and brain structural changes in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional MRI study two years post infection in a cohort from Argentina by Sol A. Cataldo, Andrea Micciulli, Laura Margulis, Melina Cibeyra, Sabrina Defeo, Silvina G. Horovitz, Analía Martino, Raul Melano, Milagros Mena, Francisco Parisi, Diego Santoro, Florencia Sarmiento, Martin A. Belzunce

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Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging parameters with montreal cognitive assessment-Indonesian (MOCA-INA) score in dementia patients at Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah General Hospital,... by Made Widhi Asih, Elysanti Dwi Martadiani, I Wayan Gede Artawan Eka Putra, Felicia Nike, Putri Ayu Ratnasari, Nugra Arenz Raturandang, Jessieca Liusen, Anak Agung Parama Swari Khrisna, Luh Dindi Ayu Surya Kanti, Adsel Kartadinata

“…One commonly used tool is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment—Indonesian (MOCA-INA), which is specifically designed to evaluate cognitive function across multiple domains. …”
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A.R. Luria's contribution to studies of the brain organization of language by A. Ardila, T. V. Akhutina, Yu. V. Mikadze

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Novel potential neuroprotective targets for DengZhanXiXin injection in middle cerebral artery occlusion rats recommended by quantitative proteomics and simulated docking by Min Li, Min Li, Linshuang Wang, Haiting An, Xin Li, Xin Li, Yaojing Chen, Yaojing Chen, Dongfeng Wei, Zhanjun Zhang, Zhanjun Zhang

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