Fourth International Stroke Summit. Nanjing, China, July 25–27, 2008.

The article presents abstracts on cerebrovascular diseases which include the study on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and genetic susceptibility of cerebral infarction, the effect of Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling cascade pathway on the suppression of lipopolysaccharide induced COX-2 expression by berberine in human peripheral blood monocytes and the application of Moderate Risk of Isolation (MRI) in thrombolysis for ultra-acute cerebral arterial thrombosis.