International Journal of Stroke is the only, truly international stroke journal. We focus on the clinical aspect of stroke with basic science contributions in areas of clinical interest. To facilitate the international nature of the journal, our Associate Editors from Europe, Asia, South America and North America coordinate segments of the journal. These segments are Reviews, Leading Opinions, Research, Panorama, Clinical Trial Protocols and Guidelines. International Journal of Stroke is fully peer-reviewed.
· Leading opinions: publishing rapid and concise responses by world opinion leaders to recent developments in stroke worldwide.
· Topical reviews: producing overviews of recent developments in stroke by leaders in their field.
· Original contributions: publishing articles from clinical or basic science researchers which are relevant to professionals working in the field of stroke.
· Panoramas: pieces focusing on the burden of disease and the structures in place to manage its ever-increasing reach.
· Protocols: articles highlighting this important preliminary component of the clinical trial research process.

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Geoffrey A. Donnan	Melbourne Brain Centre at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Managing Editor
Ms Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins	[email protected]
Associate Editors
Dr Julie Bernhardt	Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
Dr Michael Hill	University of Calgary, Canada
Dr Jong kim	University of Ulsan, Korea
Dr Patrick Lyden	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Dr Ayrton Massaro	Hospital Sirio Libanes São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Thorsten Steiner	University Heidelberg, Germany
Section Editors: Acute Therapy
Professor Andrew Demchuk	University of Calgary, Canada
Dr Peter Sandercock	University of Edinburgh, UK
Section Editors: Basic Science
Dr David Howells	University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr Malcolm Macleod	University of Edinburgh, UK
Section Editors: Cognition Disorder
Dr Amy Brodtmann	Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Dr Sarah Pendlebury	University of Oxford, UK
Section Editor: Education
Dr Michael Brainin	Danube-University Krems, Austria
Section Editors: Genetics
Professor Martin Dichgans	University of Munich, Germany
Professor Hugh Markus	University of Cambridge, UK
Section Editor: Imaging
Professor Mark Parsons	The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Section Editor: Neurosonography
Professor Natan M. Bornstein	Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Section Editors: Rehabilitation
Professor Marion Walker	University of Nottingham, UK
Consulting Editors
Professor Stephen Davis	University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr Ulrich Dirnagl	Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Dr Conrad Estol	Guemes Clinic, Argentina
Professor Graeme Hankey	The University of Western Australia, Australia
Dr Bo Norrving	Lund University, Sweden
Professor Peter Rothwell	University of Oxford, UK
Professor Veronika Skvortsova	Russian State Medical University, Russia
Editorial Board
Professor Robert Adams	Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Professor Andrei Alexandrov	University of Tennessee Medical Center, USA
Anne Alexandrov	University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Professor Pierre Amarenco	University Paris Diderot, France
Professor Craig Anderson	The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
Professor Heinrich J. Audebert	Charité University Hospital, Germany
Alison Baird	SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA
Dr Jean-Claude Baron	Université Paris 5, France
Professor Philip Bath	University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Christopher Bladin	Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
Dr Julian Bosel	Klinikum Kassel, Germany
Dr Lara Boyd	University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor Alan Bryer	Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa
Dr Dominique Cadilhac	Monash University, Austalia
Dr Bruce Campbell	Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Dr Valeria Caso	University of Perugia, Italy
Dr Christopher Chen	National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Leonid Churilov	Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
Dr Charlotte Cordonnier	University of Lille, France
Dr Shelagh B. Coutts	University of Calgary, Canada
Professor Laszlo Csiba	Debrecen University, Hungary
Dr Antonio Culebras	State University of New York, USA
Dr Antoni Dávalos	Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Dr Deidre De Silva	National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
Dr Gabrielle de Veber	The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Dr Stéphanie Debette	University of Bordeaux, France
Professor Helen Dewey	Monash University, Austalia
Dr Exuperio Díez-Tejedor	La Paz University Hospital, Spain
Dr Bruce Dobkin	University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr Dar Dowlatshahi	The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Dr J Donald Easton	University of California San Francisco, USA
Professor Gary Ford	University of Oxford, UK
Dr Karen L Furie	Rhode Island Hospital, USA
Dr Anthony Furlan	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, USA
Dr James Grotta	Texas Medical Center, USA
Professor Werner Hacke	University of Heidelberg, Germany
Dr Maree Hackett	George Institute for Global Health, Australia
Dr Daniel Hanley	John Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA
Dr Robert Hart	Population Health Research Institute & McMaster University , Canada
Dr Wolf-Dieter Heiss	Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Germany
Argye Hillis	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Dr George Howard	University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Dr Virginia Howard	University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Dr Costantino Iadecola	Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA
Dr Bent Indredavik	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Dr Markku Kaste	University of Helsinki, Finland and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Dr Pooja Khatri	University of Cincinnati, USA
Dr Simon Koblar	University of Adelaide, Australia
Professor Gert Kwakkel	Northwestern University, USA
Professor Peter Langhorne	Universty of Glasgow, UK
Professor Kennedy Lees	University of Glasgow, UK
Professor Christopher Levi	University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr David Liebeskind	UCLA Department of Neurology, USA
Dr Patrice Lindsay	Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canada
Dr Ming Liu	Sichuan University, China
Professor Xinfeng Liu	Nanjing University, China
Dr Heinrich Mattle	University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr Stephan Mayer	Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
Dr Gillian Mead	University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr Marco Medina	National Autonomous University of Honduras, Honduras
Dr Atte Meretoja	Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Dr Patrik Michel	Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Dr Kazuo Minematsu	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC), Japan
Dr J.P. Mohr	Columbia University, USA
Professor Keith W Keith Muir	Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK
Dr Mayowa Ojo Owolabi	University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Professor Jeyaraj Pandian	Christian Medical College, India
Professor Niphon Poungvarin	Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
Dr Jae-Kyu Roh	Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
Dr Simona Sacco	University of L’Aquila, Italy
Dr Else Sandset	Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Dr Gustavo Saposnik	University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Sean Savitz	University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
Professor Yukito Shinohara	Tokai University, Japan
Dr Velandai Srikanth	Monash University, Australia
Dr Katarina Sunnehagen	University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Vincent Thijs	Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr Silke Walter	Saarland University Hospital, Germany
Dr Shaoshi Wang	Shanghai First People's Hospital, China
Dr Steven Warach	University of Texas at Austin, USA
Professor Joanna Wardlaw	University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Lawrence Wechsler	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Dr KS Lawrence Wong	Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Dr Takenori Yamaguchi	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan