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"KidsHaveStrokes.org- provides specific information on stroke in utero, perinatal stroke, prenatal stroke, infant stroke, and stroke in childhood

NINDS - Researchers Identify a Signal for Cell Death during Stroke - In a new study, researchers have identified a signal that promotes the death of vulnerable brain cells in an animal model of stroke. In the future, drugs designed to inhibit this death signal might help reduce brain damage in stroke patients

Children's Hemiplegia & stroke Association - The first non-profit organization in North America to offer information and support to families of infants, children, and young adults who have Hemiplegia or Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy.

The Brain Attack Coalition is a group of professional, voluntary and governmental entities dedicated to reducing the occurrence, disabilities and death associated with stroke. The goal of the Coalition is to strengthen and promote the relationships among its member organizations in order to help stroke patients or those who are at risk for a stroke.

PubMed Central Abstract of study examining the Association of Cerebral Palsy with Other Disability in Children with Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Cold spring Harbor Laboratory's Dolan DNA Learning Center - Harlem DNA Lab & DNA Learning Center West - Glutamate Damage and Stroke - Glutmate Description, transcript - 3D pdf reference and information source

Cerebral Palsy At National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Cerebral Palsy Types - Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world. Disorders A-Z, News, Research, Health Information, Clinical Trial News and Opportunieis, Information and Resources

NINDS sponsored and multi-center collaborative study will establish a database of information about stroke in infants and children

Study will measure the frequency of several coagulation factor abnormalities (factor V Leiden, prothrombin 20210A, protein C, protein S, antithrombin III, and antiphospholipid antibodies) in children with a history of porencephaly and stroke, and will compare these to the prevalence of these mutations in population controls and family members.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Cerebral Hypoxia Information Page

NIH Clinical Study - This multi-center collaborative study will establish a database of information about stroke in infants and children

PSN is dedicated to helping parents and families cope and move forward in their lives. PSN is also the first support group for infant, pediatric and childhood stroke registered with the American Heart Association

Dystonias Fact Sheet at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS - what are the dystonias - Symptoms, classifications - treatment - research

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS - Swallowing Disorders Information Page

NINDS - a Brain-Recording Device that Melts into Place - The technology could pave the way for better devices to monitor and control seizures, and to transmit signals from the brain past damaged parts of the spinal cord. "These implants have the potential to maximize the contact between electrodes and brain tissue, while minimizing damage to the brain. They could provide a platform for a range of devices with applications in epilepsy, spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders," said Walter Koroshetz, M.D., deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS - Microcephaly Information Page

National Institute of Neurological Disordersand Stroke NINDS - Cerebral Atrophy Information Page

First and original facility to specialize in the neurologic applications of hyperbaric oxygenation and the potentially recoverable brain, treating stroke, coma, traumatic brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, anoxic encephalopathy and multiple sclerosis patients.

"This multi-center collaborative study will establish a database of information about stroke in infants and children."