Symptoms can vary depending on whether a stroke occurs on the left or right side of the brain. Learn how recovery may also ...

A stroke can affect many of the brain’s essential functions, but the symptoms a person experiences often depend on which side ...

To maximize stroke recovery, researchers may want to focus more on ways to support the side of the brain where the injury didn't occur, scientists report. "Most studies focus on the stroke area and ...

After a stroke, the brain may do something surprisingly hopeful—it can “refresh” parts of itself. Researchers analyzing brain scans from over 500 stroke survivors found that while the damaged side of ...

New research in mice has identified specific brain cells that drive recovery after stroke, offering a biological explanation for why rehabilitation works and pointing toward a drug that could ...

Specialized physical therapy plays a defining role in post-stroke recovery, influencing mobility, independence and long-term quality of life. For health care leaders and clinicians, referral decisions ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, “Coherence of Stroke Survivors’ Lived ...

The C-MoRe smartphone app tracks hand movements as a patient recovering from a stroke performs the "box and blocks" task used to assess recovery. C-MoRe, developed by two UC Davis computer science ...

Treating your ‘good’ arm after a stroke could help you better tackle everyday activities. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images Stroke survivors often ...