Zahinoor Ismail

Cognitive reserve and everyday functioning in cognitively unimpaired older adults: evidence from the CAN-PROTECT study

Abstract Background Cognitive reserve (CR) is thought to buffer against the clinical manifestation of dementia, preserving cognitive function despite accumulating pathology. However, less is known about how CR relates to the capacity to independently perform activities of daily l...

Remote Ischemic Conditioning in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC), a low-cost, non-invasive therapy involving brief cycles of limb ischemia and reperfusion, may be a neuroprotective adjuvant or alternative to reperfusion therapies in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and may also have therapeutic effects...