A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Efficacy Study of Nefiracetam to Treat Poststroke Apathy

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1119-1127

  Starkstein, Sergio E ^a   Brockman, Simone ^a   Hatch, Katherine K ^a   Bruce, David G ^b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Davis, Wendy A ^b   Robinson, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

apathy; depression; nefiracetam; Stroke

Indexed keywords

NEFIRACETAM; PLACEBO; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTSTROKE APATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; XEROSTOMIA; APATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APATHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PYRROLIDINONES; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84964317432     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.01.032     Document Type: Article

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