Strategies for Early Stroke Recovery: What Lies Ahead?

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kitago, Tomoko ^a   Marshall, Randolph S ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmenting stroke recovery; Behavioral strategies; Early stroke recovery; Recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84949135709     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-014-0356-8     Document Type: Review

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