Stroke Research Priorities for the Next Decade – A Representative View of the European Scientific Community.

The article focuses on several topics discussed during the European Stroke Workshop hosted by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium on October 25, 2005. Significant progress has been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke during the last 25 years. A number of research fields related to stroke were identified by the workshop participants, including cerebral reperfusion and optimization of the provision of stroke care.