Advanced Study in Stroke and Stroke Rehabilitation
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurorehabilitation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stroke rehabilitation; clinical trials; systematic reviews; neuroscience; allied health
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Interests: translational neuroscience; neurorepair; pharmacotherapies; neurorehabilitation; behavioural sciences
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in our understanding of post-stroke recovery and rehabilitation are creating new opportunities to inform the development of more effective therapeutic approaches. Integrating insights from experimental animal models with clinical rehabilitation research offers a critical translational pathway. Preclinical studies are essential for uncovering mechanisms of recovery, identifying therapeutic targets, and testing novel interventions under controlled conditions, including optimization of timing, dose, and combination with current standard-of-care rehabilitation. Clinical studies are critical for assessing functional recovery, evaluating feasibility and safety, and determining the effectiveness of emerging interventions in stroke survivors. Alignment across disciplines is necessary to accelerate translation and improve rehabilitation outcomes for people living with stroke.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions that advance the translation, methodology, and application of stroke rehabilitation, with the goal of gathering stroke research that may have a significant translational impact. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, structural and functional imaging (e.g., MRI, diffusion imaging, and functional connectivity), neurophysiological measures (e.g., EEG and brain stimulation-based assessments), blood-based and other molecular biomarkers of injury and recovery, and detailed assessments of motor and functional outcomes. It also welcomes studies examining rehabilitation interventions, pharmacological and non-pharmacological adjuvants, cell-based therapies, neurotechnological approaches, and studies that bridge preclinical and clinical research.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and brief communications presenting (i) mechanisms of post-stroke brain plasticity and recovery; (ii) preclinical models of stroke rehabilitation and intervention development; (iii) clinical assessments of motor and functional recovery; (iv) biomarkers and imaging markers of recovery and treatment response; (v) translational studies integrating preclinical and clinical rehabilitation research; and (vi) methodological advances that improve the alignment of outcome measures across the translational pipeline.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue and to advancing the science regarding stroke recovery and rehabilitation.
Prof. Dr. Natasha A. Lannin
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
Dr. Madeleine Smith
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stroke
- rehabilitation
- recovery
- neurotechnology
- biomarkers
- neuroplasticity
- translation
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