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Stroke
Speech Therapy + Piracetam Have Survivors Talking
September 9th, 2000
Stroke survivors who received medication along with speech therapy recovered more of the spontaneous language and syntax skills needed to hold a conversation, according to a new study "This double-blind, placebo-controlled study is the first to link functional improvements on language tests with physical changes in brain regions that govern language," says lead researcher Josef Kessler, PhD, a professor at the Max-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne, Germany. Piracetam, the drug used in the study, has been around for 30 years and is increasingly used for people recovering from stroke. It is derived from a chemical that helps...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2000-09-09)
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