Dementia is expected to be the third leading cause of death globally by 2040, yet remains absent from noncommunicable diseases dialogues and policies. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Congratulations to Bastien Rioux Bastien Rioux, the 2023-2024 recipient of the #Stroke Outstanding Blog Contributor Award! 🏆 Visit #BloggingStroke for article commentaries, author interviews, conference coverage, and more. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/str/blog

Great study on plasma p-tau217 in cognitive impairment from an international collaboration involving researchers at McGill University alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Did you know 300 million people live with a rare disease worldwide? This #RareDiseaseDay, we're spotlighting Prof David Hunt (UK DRI at Edinburgh). The lab is researching a gene called TREX1, which when faulty, causes 2 different rare brain diseases 🧬 🧠 🎥 Dr Sarah McGlasson explains

Early Direct Oral Anticoagulant Initiation is Generally Safe in Ischemic Stroke Associated With Atrial Fibrillation In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses The Lancet article by Werring et al. on the OPTIMAS trial. Bo Norrving ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Nouvelle/new publication!👇 cambridge.org/core/journals/… DIDO times in Québec and clinical outcomes among EVT-treated pts. 🧠 Great work from Dr Joel Neves Briard, Aymen Sahal, colleagues from all EVT sites in QC and INESSS INR CHUM Montreal

Sex-Specific Genetic Association Studies Help Uncover Stroke Mechanisms In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Jara Cárcel Márquez et al. Juan F. Arenillas Raj Dhar Cristina Gallego Fabrega Mari Mar Freijo Víctor Obach Baurier Israel Fernandez #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Can Age-Stratified Genetic Analyses Help Identify Risk Factors for Stroke in Younger Adults? ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Can Age-Stratified Genetic Analyses Help Identify Risk Factors for Stroke in Younger Adults? In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Nguyen et al. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Can Serum Biomarkers Help Detect Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke? In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Guo et al. Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦 #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Are Neuroinflammation and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction Involved in Cerebral Microbleeds? In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Lupei Cai et al. Cambridge Stroke #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Research by Prof David Hunt & Dr Sarah McGlasson (UK DRI at Edinburgh) sheds light on the mechanisms behind RVCL-S, a rare genetic disorder that affects small blood vessels. The study identifies an important therapeutic target👉 buff.ly/QwmdOV5

Can Proteomic Profiling Help Predict Incident Ischemic Stroke in the General Population? In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Gan et al. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

In this Blogging stroke, I discuss MRI "predictors" of cognitive function after stroke and explain why they are difficult to interpret clinically. "Risk estimations in the clinic — including intuitions or ‘gestalt’ — are inherently multivariable." ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

What’s in a Predictor? The Case of Brain Imaging Markers for Poststroke Cognitive Impairment In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Hassani et al. #AHAJournals Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS, FAHA Larry Goldstein, MD ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Genetic Evidence for Potential Druggable Targets In this #BloggingStroke post, Bastien Rioux discusses #Stroke article by Sun et al. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…