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New paper w/ Brian McGarry, Ashvin Gandhi, and Drew Wilcock in @jamainternalmed.com! Hospitals are complaining across the US that patients are "stuck" waiting for rehab beds at nursing homes when they are medically stable and ready for discharge. What is going on?? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Dallas and New Hampshire researchers tested 128 long COVID patients with suspected dysautonomia. Despite heavy symptoms, most showed normal results. Only 16 percent met criteria for POTS, suggesting true autonomic dysfunction is uncommon. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

US stroke neurologist here. Who can explain the new AI tool that tripled good outcomes and reduced treatment times by one hour, according to this article? From other sources it seems to be Brainomix CTA software - would that account for such a big improvement in overall recovery?

That’s what happened to Google search? Proof that one person really can change the world!

Greatly appreciate this review of epigenetic mechanisms underlying regeneration competency only in young animals. Especially timely perspective for those of us puzzling over CNS repair.

Happy Birthday, new Parkland Hospital! Thrilled to have been with the stroke team that admitted the very first patient, 7:01 AM, 10 years ago *today*! While I've moved to San Antonio, Parkland still stands as a model for outstanding public hospital care. www.parklandhealth.org/news-and-upd...

As owner of the stroke service “black cloud” it’s good to see the ED is well prepared for our kind of day.

Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification www.nature.com/articles/s41... - early emergence of layers; graded differentiation along A/P axis, w/ early, sharp V1/V2 boundary

Multi-omic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease promote inflammation (particularly via T cells)whereas those for stroke relate to vascular integrity @cp-neuron.bsky.social www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...

Post-stroke fatigue can be long-lasting and disabling in patients recovering from a #stroke. New research identified a machine learning-based model that effectively predicted early post-stroke fatigue. Knowing who is at greatest risk can inform treatment. 🧪 🧠🔄 🧠📈 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Spectacular view from the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on CNS Injury & Repair near Barga, Italy. Terrific science happening here. Double rainbow represents hope that new understanding of plasticity in spinal motor systems may lead to treatments for #stroke and other CNS diseases.

A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks for posting this terrific paper from @erichorvitz.bsky.social and team! Neurologists will be on board as we traditionally embrace *sequential diagnosis* where each finding generates a new differential, leading hopefully to the best next steps. 1/2 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2506.22405

Calling all researchers! Learn the basics of reviewing a paper, structuring feedback, and some lesser-known benefits of reviewing in this upcoming webinar. Register and submit your questions today: vist.ly/3n8a4dx

Tenecteplace (TNK) is now FDA approved for acute stroke treatment! Brought to you by the letter “k”, here’s a great thread from bsky #stroke expert @befast.bsky.social.

It's official. For acute stroke treatment, Alteplase (tPA) is out, and Tenecteplase (TNK) is in. But why? And more importantly, why is it called TNK when there’s no “K” in Tenecteplase?? 🧵

BOOM! I think this paper fills a big gap in understanding how motor cortex stim works for pain... like so many things, it all seems to boil down to the ventral-lateral periaqueductal grey (vlPAG) www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

A new precision genetic toolkit allows scientists to access and study nearly 1,000 cells in the brain and spinal cord with unprecedented accuracy. Two of the lead scientists share on the NIH BRAIN Blog how it was made and impacts how we study disease: braininitiative.nih.gov/news-events/... 🧠📈

Appreciate this up to date review. Zebrafish and neonatal mice can do it!

Congratulation to the Lone Star Stroke Consortium, ready to begin our 13th year with research that improves clinical care and implementation for stroke patients across Texas! Grateful to our research sites and the Texas Legislature for the continuing vote of confidence. @lonestarstroke.bsky.social

Found in obscure basement hall of our public hospital. Whatever it is, I’m not authorized. Stealing for my email signature: Director, MIIC.

Colchicine to prevent arterial disease is fascinating. Clear evidence of benefit to prevent vascular events with no hint of mortality benefit (cardiovascular or not). academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

When the conference organizers ask if you can send in your slides a week in advance

Stroke hospital service, day 7. Another busy call night. As I head alone toward ICU to see the morning’s admissions, the team’s brand new NP threatens to call a SILVER ALERT! Fired! Or she should be - except for being outstanding in every other way.

Terrific thread on the human red nucleus from @samkrimmelneuro.bsky.social! New functional connectivity insights can help better understand how the (otherwise neglected) RN interacts in motor function after #stroke.

Exciting competition ahead! Allen Institute: “MapMySections” data challenge. Rules say winner gets to present the results in a webinar…. Hold on. I have the world’s best PhD student and before he reveals the solution on May 30, he would like to know the actual prize. $$$???

Activism works. Case in point: #LongCovid @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Speaking of waste.... @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...

Who broke the internet?? Somehow…my streaming service got stuck trying to broadcast THIS film? Thank you, Mr. Smith.

#Stroke. Published! Optimal Delay Time to Initiate Anticoagulation After AF-Associated Ischemic Stroke. The START trial from the Texas Lone Star Stroke Research Consortium @lonestarstroke.bsky.social. Congrats to lead author Dr. Steven Warach and our entire investigative team. t.co/atdIxm8cS2

"Maybe they'll rename it after him, and we can finally be free" -- Dunning and Kruger

Some #LongCovid research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored! That's why making noise matters.

#ASOC2025 The Premier Scientific Stroke Conference is in #Nairobi #Kenya this fall! Mark your calendars to pack your bags or C virtually the research output from the young brightest researchers of Africa and its diaspora @markgoldbergmd.bsky.social @ericajonesmd.bsky.social @doctorobear.bsky.social

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics www.science.org/content/arti... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... www.science.org/content/arti...

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Sorry to spam, but neuroscience 🧠🧪 is about to get 1000 new clinicians! If you know a future neurologist that's matching today, give them a 👊 around 12:01 EST Welcome new neurons!!!! (Perhaps your first consult can be ChatGPT's visuospatial neglect when drawing 😂)

Parvalbumin interneurons regulate rehabilitation-induced functional recovery after stroke and identify a rehabilitation drug www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Stroke: This commentary recommends testing for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in patients with cryptogenic stroke, even with normal blood parameters. Experts in stroke #neurology and #hematology - should we add ADAMTS13 activity to order sets? www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Happy #Pi Day!

1:28 am Clear night, dramatic lunar eclipse in progress. iPhone fails me once again. 1:29 am I am not alone in this yard. What are YOU staring at?

🧬A new imaging technique developed by the Liu Lab uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of RNA & protein molecules in single cells within thick biological samples, providing a full picture of how these structures are organized inside tissues. 🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-met...

#Stroke: Careful randomized trial from Canada in 89 children with hemiplegic CP or perinatal stroke. No effect of the neuromodulation intervention but both groups improved with intensive motor therapy. More evidence for increased #plasticity in the developing CNS. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Patients liked their messages written by A.I.compared with those written by their clinicians, until they learned they came from A.I. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

¡Viva San Antonio! Slava Ukraini! 💙💛🇺🇦 sanantoniotourist.net/san-antonios...

A dozen please! I will wear one for each day of the week. #thisisme

BREAKING: The FDA has finally approved tenecteplase for acute ischemic strokes within 3 hours!