Ischaemic stroke arises when cerebral blood flow is critically reduced, depriving neural tissue of oxygen and glucose. The primary event is often thromboembolic occlusion of a major artery, though ...

Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully understood, there is ...

While some say having lots of kids can make you lose your faculties, a new study suggests otherwise. Research co-led by UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at ...

BERLIN, Germany—Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are more likely than similar individuals without the arrhythmia to have brain infarcts detected on MRI, an analysis of the Swiss-AF cohort study ...

A hidden heart attack may leave more than cardiac damage behind. Researchers found that even silent myocardial infarctions were linked to faster cognitive decline over time, raising new questions ...

Different immune cell populations influence the severity of cardiac inflammation after myocardial infarction (MI), which ...

Even undiagnosed heart attacks, or silent myocardial infarctions, can speed up cognitive decline, according to the findings of a new study.

A myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack, doesn't just damage the cardiovascular system—it can dramatically reshape how the brain functions. A single cardiac event can trigger various ...