Sonu Bhaskar
There is considerable debate on how diabetes mediates recovery after stroke. Studies to unravel the underlying mechanisms are critical in efforts to develop therapies to improve poor post-stroke recovery profiles in diabetes induced obesity population. A recent preclinical study showed that the stroke-induced neurogenesis and neuroplasticity is severely impaired due to obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. However, factors such as interactions between microvascular changes, oxidative stress and insulin resistance (IR); and their role in poor recovery profiles in diabetes population warrant further consideration. Understanding of these mechanisms is important in developing cardiovascular risk-management pathways in this subgroup of population who are at increased risk of poor clinical outcomes following acute stroke.