Drug Therapy in Stroke: From Preclinical to Clinical Studies

I didn't learn anything new from here but these two diagrams may be useful in educating your neurologist.
http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/356320

Except it is missing  Inflammatory action leaking through the blood brain barrier.
and glutamate poisoning
and Capillaries that don't open due to pericytes
and Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization as a Key Player in Brain Ischemic Cell Death
 








Two more images show a great list of drugs tried and their effectiveness