title: Chances and battles in stroke research.
abstract: Here I have reviewed how good luck, bad luck and barriers determined my research directions in stroke over the last 30 or so years. Good luck should be exploited, and very often barriers can be not just overcome but put to good use as well. It is crucial for the young researcher to find mentors as good as I have had, and to move around to gain a broad experience, and for the experienced researchers to bring on the younger generation as I have tried to do.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. charles.warlow@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Charles P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Warlow
mesh_terms: D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005060:Europe; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D012042:Registries; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome