Can selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) improve motor recovery after stroke? what is the role of neuroplasticity?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1147-1148

  Majeed, Farzin ^a   Kamal, Ayeesha Kamran ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054905211     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Chollet F, Tardy J, Albucher JF, Thalamas C, Berard E, Lamy C, et al. Fluoxetine for motor recovery after acute ischemic stroke (FLAME): A randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2011; 10: 123-30.