post-stroke depression Archives

Post-Stroke Depression Tracks Serotonin-Acetylcholine Damage

by GLOOM

Photoreal illustration of stroke lesion with overlapping neurotransmitter network damage, conveying mechanism of post-stroke depression.

A 2026 two-cohort connectome study found that post-stroke depressive symptoms tracked damage to networks weighted by the serotonin transporter and vesicular acetylcholine transporter: 5-HTT damage predicted depression in Leipzig (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.15–5.02) and Oxford (OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.03–4.09), while VAChT damage also replicated across both cohorts.1 The dopamine part of the original …

Migrant Stroke Patients Had 1.90x Higher Late-Arrival Odds

by GLOOM

Photoreal illustration of a stroke patient in an emergency room with overlay of treatment-eligibility imagery, conveying disparities in acute-stroke care.

A 2026 Dutch stroke-center cohort found the opposite of the damaged draft’s claim: patients with a migration background were more likely to reach the hospital outside the therapeutic window for acute reperfusion therapy, and they had sharply lower odds of receiving endovascular thrombectomy.1 Research Highlights Late arrival was the clearest disparity: 53.2% of migrant-background patients …