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In 2017, Canada saw 89,500 new strokes in people aged 20 and older and counted 878,500 people living with stroke.

Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder affect over 350 million people around the world.

Patients with neurological disease are understandably frustrated by the lack of meaningful pharmacological treatments for even comparatively common pathologies such as Parkinson’s Disease.

Injuries and diseases of the nervous system have devastating effects.

Stroke is a common and disabling brain disorder which may have long-lasting effects.

Because of low fitness and heart problems, people with stroke are at very high risk of a second stroke or heart attack within 10 years.

The first question people ask after suffering a stroke is: “Why?”

One in four strokes are caused by a condition called cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). There are no approved treatments for CSVD.