Research of Neurophysiological Basis of Stroke

Dear Colleagues,

Stroke leads to neurological dysfunction including neurophysiological disease, which in turn influences the recovery and rehabilitation of stroke. Recently, progress has been made on post-stroke neurophysiology, including the prevalence, mechanism, evaluation tools and clinical management.

The principal aims of this Special Issue are to address four core features of the neurophysiological basis of stroke:

• Presentations: the prevalence and manifestation of post-stroke depression or other neurophysiological diseases (especially subtypes of stroke such as small-vessel disease, posterior circulation stroke or patients who received thrombolysis or thrombectomy);
• Mechanisms: basic research about neurophysiology in stroke animal models;
• Screening and assessments: neurophysiological scales, EMG, EEG, MEG, evoked potentials, coherence, accelerometry, posturography (balance), gait, sleep studies, and functional MRI (fMRI);
• Interventions: special focus on non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments.

Special attention will be reserved for original research on basic, translational and clinical research, but reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses will also be welcomed.

Dr. Yongjun Jiang
Guest Editor

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