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Spot a stroke fast, face, arm, speech, time to call 911
NEWS: 
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Stroke affects over 795,000 people in the U.S. alone each year, that is one person every 40 seconds. Dr. Tomoko Kitago, lab director of the Human Motor Recovery Laboratory at the Burke Neurological Institute, talks about stroke awareness, treatments and the importance of clinical trials.
Collage photo of stroke research
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Article
At the Burke Neurological Institute, we are devoted to the study of stroke. From laboratory investigations to clinical research and beyond, neuroscientists are focused on advancing prevention, medical treatments, state-of-the-art rehabilitation therapies, and wellness strategies for stroke. We are carrying on with our mission to push the boundaries of stroke research.

Publications

PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Jeff Goldsmith, Tomoko Kitago, Angel Garcia de la Garza, Robinson Kundert, Andreas Luft, Cathy Stinear, Winston D Byblow, Gert Kwakkel, John W Krakauer
Elife. 2022 Oct 18;11:e80458. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80458.
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PUBLICATION: 
Opinion Article
Adriana Bastos Conforto, Sook-Lei Liew, Andreas R Luft, Tomoko Kitago, Julie Bernhardt, Juan Francisco Arenillas
Front Neurol. 2022 Sep 27;13:1021033. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1021033. eCollection 2022.
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PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Meret Branscheidt, Naveed Ejaz, Jing Xu, Mario Widmer, Michelle D Harran, Juan Camilo Cortés, Tomoko Kitago, Pablo A Celnik, Carlos Hernandez-Castillo, Jörn Diedrichsen, Andreas R Luft, John W Krakauer
J Neurophysiol. 2022 Mar 1;127(3):637-650. doi: 10.1152/jn.00148.2021. Epub 2021 Dec 29.
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Grants

GRANT: 
Federal
August 1, 2016 to May 31, 2021
Funding Status: 
Active Project
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Investigators: 
Co-Investigator

Presentations

PRESENTATION: 
Poster Presentation
October 20, 2019
Venue: 
Neuroscience 2019, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago