Piracetam improves activated blood flow and facilitates rehabilitation of poststroke aphasic patients

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2112-2116

  Kessler, J ^a   Thiel, A ^a   Karbe, H ^a   Heiss, W D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Piracetam; Recovery of function; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

EID: 0033811164     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.9.2112     Document Type: Article

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