When we talk about stroke recovery, most people think about medications, hospital care, and physiotherapy. What many don’t realise is that there’s something remarkable happening inside the brain ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

Strokes are a major cause of death and result in a drastic reduction in quality of life. Novel therapeutic strategies for patients suffering from stroke are thus required. Two possible strategies can ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that adding levodopa to normal inpatient ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

The human brain generates up to 700 new neurons per day in the hippocampus alone, which raises the question: Can this capacity be intentionally enhanced? Neuroplasticity is no longer just a recovery ...

In this review, we have briefly highlighted recent progress in the development of new strategies for the treatment of damaged brains following a stroke, with a focus on neuroplasticity, endogenous ...