Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury.

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By Rachel E. Gross

The first thing Debra McVean did when she woke up at the hospital in March 2024 was try to get to the bathroom. But her left arm wouldn’t move; neither would her left leg. She was paralyzed all along her left side.