Hull were not without their chances, and tackles from Shaun Briscoe denied Lee Radford and Sean Long on the line, while Fox and Ben Cockayne did brilliantly to keep Jordan Turner out on the stroke of the hooter.
But Steele also did brilliantly to keep out a Crouch header on the stroke of half-time and Barnsley capitalised when they equalised out of nowhere after the interval.
Speaking to BBC News online, Prof Buchan said the focus of this research was on "ways to keep brain cells alive" which could have impacts beyond stroke - such as in Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injuries.