Stroke is a major public health problem worldwide with a high burden of neurological
disability and mortality. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have attracted much attention in
the past decades because of their newly discovered roles in pathophysiological processes
in many diseases. The abundance of lncRNAs in the nervous system indicates that they may
be part of a complex regulatory network governing physiology and pathology of the brain. In
particular, lncRNAs have been shown to play pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of stroke. In …