Matthias Endres Dept Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Matthias Endres is Professor and Chair of Neurology at the Charité Hospital in Berlin. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Center for Stroke Research Berlin. His major research interests are preventive vascular mechanisms, mechanisms of cell death, regeneration and functional outcome, heart-brain interaction, post-stroke depression, and telemedicine. Matthias Endres is author of more than 560 research articles, reviews, and editorials. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, U.K.