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

J Pak Med Assoc. 2011 Nov;61(11):1147-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Fluoxetine / therapeutic use*
  • Hemiplegia / drug therapy
  • Hemiplegia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Skills / drug effects*
  • Motor Skills / physiology
  • Neuronal Plasticity / drug effects*
  • Recovery of Function
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Stroke / complications*
  • Stroke / drug therapy
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Fluoxetine