montage of two images illustrating Neuroscience at KI. To the right image of brain by Lennart Nilsson.

Niaz Ahmed's research group

Stroke- Acute intervention and secondary prevention

Stroke is the number one cause of neurological disability in adults and the second leading cause of death worldwide. Around 85% of stroke cases are caused by cerebral infarcts due to occlusion of cerebral arteries, 15% are caused by spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhages.

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